Data for study: Ecological citizen science in schools: A case study of impact on pupils’ connection to nature and knowledge of UK mammals

These data were collected as part of a study investigating outcomes of an ecological citizen science intervention carried out in 34 primary schools across North-East England. Participating schools:<b> </b>deployed camera traps to monitor wildlife; took part in a workshop; and contributed to the citizen science project, MammalWeb. Before (Q1), immediately after (Q2) and three months following (Q3) the intervention we collected the following data: Drawings from pupils aged 4-7 on 'what they think nature is'. These drawings were translated into lists of things drawn for the datasetLists of 'mammals you know that live in the UK' named by pupils aged 7-11 on paper questionnairesConnection to nature scores for pupils aged 4-7 calculated using the Cheng and Monroe scale.