Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Karen McDonald, Feb 24, 2014
Citizen Science in the Classroom: Quake-Catcher Network Quake-Catcher Network Citizen Science Project Meeting Common Core and Next Generation Teaching Standards Grades: K-12 Description: Quake-Catcher Network (QCN) is a citizen science project that uses internet and sensors (subsidized or free for K-12 classrooms) to connect schools and other entities to an earthquake monitoring network. It is hosted … Read more “Using the Quake-Catcher Network Citizen Science Project to Meet Common Core and Next Generation Teaching Standards”
Categories: Computers & Technology, Geology & Earth Sciences, Science Education Standards
By Melinda T. Hough, Feb 19, 2014
NoiseTube allows citizen scientists to monitor noise pollution with a mobile app. Come to your senses! SciStarter has curated a list of projects for all 5 senses. I was overjoyed the first time I heard the peaceful fountain, twittering bird song, and gentle rustle of wind through the trees oustide my office window. Then, one … Read more “Recording The Noise Scape of Your Life with NoiseTube”
Categories: Apps, Citizen Science, Do-It-Yourself
By Arvind Suresh,
Public Lab’s DIY spectrometry kit makes it possible for citizen scientists to do their own spectrometric analysis at home. Come to your senses! SciStarter has curated a list of citizen science projects for all five senses. Spectrometry. Listen to yourself say it out loud. Admit it. It sounds cool just to say “spectrometry.”(Whoa you … Read more “Spec-tacular Science: Use Public Lab’s DIY Spectrometer to find out what stuff is made of!”
Categories: Apps, Biology, Chemistry, Citizen Science, Computers & Technology, Ecology & Environment, Ocean & Water
By Lily Bui, Feb 14, 2014
Science for all, and all for science. SciStarter will be presenting at the Citizen Cyberscience Summit in London this upcoming week from February 20 to 22nd. There, a multitude of organizations and groups will convene to discuss the most pertinent issues regarding citizen science today and for the future. Take a look at the sessions … Read more “SciStarter at the Citizen Cyberscience Summit 2014!”
Categories: Citizen Science, Events
By Guest Contributor, Feb 11, 2014
The Genetics of Taste citizen science project from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science asks whether fat could be the sixth taste. Come to your senses! SciStarter has curated a list of citizen science projects for all five senses. Guest post by Michelle Murphy-Niedziela. Have you ever seen this image? Well, forget it because it’s … Read more “The Genetics of Taste: A Sixth Taste?”
Categories: Citizen Science, Guest Contributor
By Lily Bui,
The Genetics of Taste citizen science project from the Denver Museum of Nature & Science set out to understand the link between genetics and TAS2R38 gene, responsible for the “bitter” taste receptor. Come to your senses! SciStarter has curated a list of citizen science projects for all five senses. Guest post by Michelle Murphy-Niedziela. Don’t like … Read more “The Genetics of Taste: A Bitter Story”
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Guest Contributor
By Carolyn Graybeal, Feb 10, 2014
Last Wednesday was the first annual Federal STEM Volunteer Fair. A joint effort by the Department of Energy and the Office of Personnel Management, the event’s mission is to encourage federal workers and the broader Washington, D.C. community to engage in volunteer opportunities that advance STEM education. This is, of course, right up SciStarter’s alley, … Read more “SciStarter at the First Annual Federal STEM Fair”
Categories: Citizen Science, Events
By Ian Vorster, Feb 09, 2014
The Field Photo Library project helps scientists document changes in landscape by sharing crowdsourced and archived field photos from all over the world. Find more citizen science projects for all five senses on SciStarter. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but what value does “any old geo-tagged photo” hold for a scientist? … Read more “Any Old Photo: The Field Photo Library Project”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Lily Bui, Feb 08, 2014
This week on The Pulse and SciStarter’s segment about citizen science, producer Kimberly Haas tags along with local birdwatcher Pat Evans as she studies migratory bird patterns and fluxes in bird populations from New Jersey. The Great Backyard Bird Count takes place from February 14th to 17th this year, so get started and let us know how many birds … Read more “Citizen Science on the Radio: The Great Backyard Bird Count”
Categories: Animals, Birds, Citizen Science, In the News
By Lily Bui, Feb 05, 2014
Public Lab announces RIFFLE, a new pilot program and open sensor tool to monitor water quality of Mystic River in Massachusetts. By definition, a riffle is a “short, relatively shallow and coarse-bedded length of stream over which the stream flows at higher velocity and higher turbulence than it normally does in comparison to a pool.” Similarly, Public … Read more “The RIFFLE Effect: Public Lab’s New Pilot Water Monitoring Sensor Tool”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ocean & Water, Science Policy
