In order to create a field guide to your schoolyard, you must first explore, observe, collect data, conduct research, and write about the plants and animals in your schoolyard. The entire process—from your first schoolyard observation to the creation of the last page of your field guide book—is what we call the Field Guide Project, or FGP. A Field Guide Project is divided into three parts: 1) planning; 2) observation and data collection; and 3) book creation.