Mother Nature's Pulse

Networked Organisms www.appsto.re/projectnoah @projectnoah www.networkedorganisms.com WHAT IS PROJECT NOAH? Project Noah is an award-winning mobile learning tool helping nature lovers discover local wildlife and aspiring citizen scientists contribute to current research projects. Project Noah encourages you to document and learn about your natural surroundings and offers research groups an opportunity to harness the power of citizen scientists everywhere. Project Noah is committed to helping people reconnect with nature and, at the same time, contribute to organizations working hard to catalog and preserve our planet's biodiversity. MEASURING MOTHER NATURE'S PULSE TOTAL SPOTTINGS DOWNLOADS 3053 8664 TOP CATEGORIES PLANTS INSECTS FUNGI DATE LAUNCHED *". FEB 23 2010 COUNTRIES THIRTY NINE 1453 357 INCREASE YOUR ECO-IQ WILDLIFE CATEGORIES Teachers and students have TEN been using Project Noah to encourage outdoor exploration and boost students' knowledge of local wildlife. Project Noah is THE FUNGUS AMONG US 26 Project Noah has received hundreds of fungi spottings from across the country thanks to the efforts of expert mycologists like Gary tackling Nature Deficit Disorder and helping 26 Lincoff and the popularity of our Mushroom 25 improve our ecological intelligence. Mapping field mission. A BREAKTHROUGH IN MOBILE LEARNING GULF COAST OIL SPILL IMPACT The winners of the inaugural Cooney Center Prizes for Innovation in Project Noah is working closely with a variety of groups to gather critical Children's Learning were announced by Aneesh Chopra, White House Chief information and coordinate efforts to save endangered wildlife in the Technology Officer and Gary E. Knell, President and CEO, Sesame Workshop at the Entertainment Software Association (ESA) Games and Learning Summit held at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. impacted areas. Project Noah was also the inspiration for Crisis Commons' Oil Reporter mobile application, an open data initiative, which is collecting and sharing information on local instances of distressed wildlife due to the Project Noah was selected as the winner in the Breakthroughs in Mobile Learning category. http://bit.ly/noahbreakthrough oil spill. http://bit/.ly/noahusnews