Pest or Predator Monitoring Design Challenge
Native birds and lizards have predators who hunt at night. A simple monitoring station could show us who is passing through.
Evidence you will build
- Site map with occurrence data
- Population estimate dataset
- Monitoring station design brief
- Conservation recommendation report
Why this matters
Non-harm monitoring data helps pest-free groups and kaitiaki make decisions about where restoration effort is needed most.
What you will investigate and collect
You will design a monitoring system (tracking tunnels, chew cards, or camera traps) and use it to map predator presence around your school. What predators or pests are visiting your site, where, and when — without harming any animal. Detections, locations, dates, and weather.
- Date and time
- Station
- Species or sign detected
- Count or severity
What you might make or share
- Field markerLaser cut
Mark monitoring sites reliably across sessions
Consistency between visits makes population or count evidence comparable.
- Insect hotel segmentLaser cut
Prototype habitat inserts informed by trap data
Evidence about which guilds appeared suggests what materials matter first.