From iNat user  carver_elementary_outdoor_education

This year, each student led their own year-long surveys on our 50-plus acre campus and beloved bioswale, “The Ditch,” documenting an incredible 19  27 macroinvertebrate species and even surveying over 500 crayfish. (Editors note: See Carver Elementary's current  contributions to MacroBlitz!)

From the thrill of discovering a pregnant scud to sending crayfish DNA off to Georgia Southern’s Freshwater Ecology Lab, every moment has been unforgettable. But above all, the real magic has been watching our kids design their own methods, choose their own tools, and dive into authentic scientific work with unbridled joy and curiosity. Their pride in knowing they’re contributing historic data to research makes me certain MacroBlitz is changing lives, creating future freshwater ecologists, and I can’t wait to share more when we start back with our investigations in August.

Our students were inspired to improve macroinvertebrate habitat and used their data this year to increase the biodiversity of our bioswale. It’s moments like these—when a child declares, “Look what I found!”—that remind me why MacroBlitz is so transformative. One student said, "I didn't think the ditch was important" until conducting macroinvertebrate surveys this year. Another student beamed, "I get to be a real scientist!"

We shared our contributions to MacroBlitz in our application for the National Wildlife Federation EcoSchools Green Flag Certification and you can read about our student's macroinvertebrate work here: https://sites.google.com/bryan.k12.ga.us/carverecoschool/our-action-projects/macroinvertebrate-survey

and students used their macroinvertebrate research to improve habitat here: https://sites.google.com/bryan.k12.ga.us/carverecoschool/our-action-projects/fish-stewards

From iNat user pipope201:

We are a group of young people studying environmental conservation in Bangkok, together with like-minded naturalists who share a deep interest in biodiversity and nature learning. Together, we call ourselves School Beyond the Horizon, a learning community that brings different generations together through nature observation, citizen science, and storytelling.

In 2025, we came together for a three-day bioblitz in the Langsuan River area of Phato District, Chumphon Province, southern Thailand. This landscape lies within the Malay Peninsula, an ecologically important ecotone where different habitats and species assemblages meet, making it especially rich in biodiversity.

At the same time, the area faces uncertainty because of a proposed mega-infrastructure project known as the Land Bridge, which would create a major transportation corridor across southern Thailand. In response, we collaborated with the local Love Phato Conservation Group to document biodiversity and gather evidence that can help communicate the area’s ecological value to the wider public.

To ensure it lasts, we launched an iNaturalist project so travelers, local residents, and citizen scientists can contribute observations and help build a stronger public record of biodiversity in the area.

MacroBlitz Admin Note: I was so inspired by the work that this group is doing that I created a Land Bridge MacroBlitz Project on iNaturalist using the same geographic region as their BioBlitz.