Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Bob Hirshon, Apr 04, 2024
The solar eclipse is the big event of the second week of Citizen Science Month, with activities for folks who will be in the eclipse path and also for those who aren’t. There are also other great citizen science activities, celebrating National Pet Day, National Library Week, and more! One Million Acts Of Science Challenge SciStarter … Read more “The Sun Takes Center Stage for Citizen Science Month Week 2”
Categories: Citizen Science Month, Environment, Global Citizen Science Month, Library, Nature & Outdoors, Newsletter
By Bob Hirshon, Sep 29, 2023
On April 8, 2024, millions of people along a wide swath of territory running from Durango, Mexico up to Toronto, Canada will be waiting to experience an amazing total solar eclipse– the last one in North America until 2045. While they wait, they will be pacing around impatiently with nothing much to do. You on … Read more “Get a Jump on the Heliophysics Big Year”
Categories: Astronomy & Space, Citizen Science, Geology & Earth Sciences, Physics
By Sarah Newman, Aug 17, 2017
It’s a Solar Eclipse! When the moon completely covers the sun on August 21, will animals behave differently? Will air and surface temperatures fluctuate? Help scientists answer these and other research questions! Below, we highlight projects you can do in the path of the eclipse, in your own backyard, and a couple for after the eclipse. Find … Read more “Help scientists discover what else happens during a solar eclipse!”
Categories: Astronomy & Space, Citizen Science, Featured Projects
By Guest Contributor, Aug 16, 2017
By Dr. Liz MacDonald, founder of Aurorasaurus and scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. This blog reposted from blog.aurorasaurus.org. Over a century ago, American astronomer W.W. Campbell set up a 40 foot ‘Schaeberle camera’ in Jeur, India to take pictures and study various properties of the sun’s outermost layer called the corona during the … Read more “Science Experiments for the Public during the Solar Eclipse”
Categories: Astronomy & Space, Citizen Science, Guest Contributor, Project Profile
By Carolyn Graybeal, Aug 07, 2017
On August 21st, millions of people across the U.S. will have the opportunity to witness a total solar eclipse. But we won’t be the only ones taking notice—there is a good chance animals, and even some plants, will be affected by the event, too. It is not as farfetched as you might think. Many animals … Read more “Look down, look all around during the total solar eclipse”
Categories: Astronomy & Space, Citizen Science, Project Profile
By Guest Contributor, Jun 21, 2017
By: Alexei V. Filippenko and Hugh Hudson On August 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will trace a shadow over a narrow band of the United States from Oregon to South Carolina. And if you own a digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera*, you can become a part of scientific history by joining hundreds of other photographers … Read more “Capturing the Total Solar Eclipse, One Photo at a Time”
Categories: Astronomy & Space, Citizen Science, Project Profile
By Catherine Price, May 11, 2017
You can be a space scientist! Take photos of the upcoming solar eclipse, help map the surface of the moon, document seal populations from satellite images, and more! Here are out-of-this-world citizen science projects we think you’ll love. Find more projects and events on SciStarter, to do now or bookmark for later. Cheers! The SciStarter … Read more “Out-of-this-world citizen science just for you!”
Categories: Citizen Science, Newsletter
