Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Angus Chen, Dec 08, 2013
Winter is here! Check out more winter weather themed citizen science projects at Scistarter. Here in the northern hemisphere, by this time of year, the signs of winter are nearly fully developed. Pea coats to defend us from the cold, denuded forests, grasses in gowns of morning white, and, of course, symptoms of the flu … Read more “FluSurvey: Understanding and Tracking Influenza Trends in the UK”
Categories: Citizen Science, Health
By Carolyn Graybeal, Dec 07, 2013
Here are several new citizen science apps to snazzy up your smartphone. These apps are products of Cyber Citizen, a National Science Foundation-funded research project at Michigan Tech. Cyber Citizen focuses on developing mobile and web-based tools to facilitate citizen participation in scientist-led environmental and social research projects, explains Dr. Robert Pastel assistant professor of … Read more “Cyber Citizen – New Citizen Science Apps for Your Phone”
Categories: Apps, CitSci Research, Computers & Technology
By Lily Bui, Dec 05, 2013
This is a webinar opportunity from our friends at CitSci.org. Details below! Greetings from CitSci.org! We are pleased to announce our December “Feature Friday” webinar where you, as members of the growing CitSci.org community, are invited to offer your ideas and thoughts about improvements to CitSci.org. The first Friday of each month these webinars will … Read more “CitSci.org Webinar on 12/6/13 : Building Datasheets”
Categories: Citizen Science, Events, Workshops
By Lily Bui, Dec 04, 2013
We are very excited to share the very first teaser segment for WHYY’s The Pulse with you, which aired last night at 6PM ET! Listen here: http://bit.ly/1bgaPTS The producer Kimberly Haas talks about PhillyTreeMap, Azavea, and the local Plant One Million Campaign. The Pulse is WHYY’s upcoming weekly one-hour radio program focused on health, science and … Read more “Citizen Science on the Radio: Philly Tree Map on WHYY’s ‘The Pulse’”
Categories: Citizen Science, In the News
By Lily Bui, Dec 03, 2013
This is a guest post by Dr. Tom Keeble, who was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, and completed a science degree with honours at The University of Melbourne. He then completed a Ph.D, studying Developmental Neurobiology, at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, and the Queensland Brain Institute. He did a postdoc … Read more “The Florey Institute Dives into Crowdfunding!”
Categories: Citizen Science
By Jenna Lang, Dec 02, 2013
Baby, it’s cold outside! To mark the first day of winter on December 21st, the SciStarter team put together this list of wintery Citizen Science projects. We bet you’ll feel warm and fuzzy inside when you participate. Counting Weddell Seals in Antarctica Even if your local winter weather does not include ice and snow, you … Read more “Winter Weather: Citizen Science Projects to Make You Feel Warm and Fuzzy Inside”
Categories: Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Newsletter, Ocean & Water
By Karen McDonald,
This is the first installment for a brand new series about citizen science in schools and classrooms. Teachers often hear the term citizen science, but it’s never really clear what it is and how it might integrate into their classrooms. Citizen science is methodical scientific research conducted in part (or sometimes entirely) by non-professional scientists. … Read more “Integrating Citizen Science Into Your Classroom or Organization”
Categories: Guest Contributor, Science Education Standards
By Emily Lewis, Dec 01, 2013
The monarch butterfly is a remarkable species. Each year these insects migrate in a similar pattern to birds from colder to warmer climates as the seasons change, often returning to the same overwintering sites every year. Unlike birds, however, no single monarch lives long enough to make the whole migration, so the journey occurs across … Read more “Monarch Monitoring – Help Count These Magnificent Migrators to Aid Conservation Efforts”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Insects, Nature & Outdoors
