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LIVE: The Field Guide to Citizen Science–and other free resources from your library!
By Darlene Cavalier, Apr 19, 2020
Please register to join us on Zoom on 04/21/2020, 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET.
It’s Citizen Science Month AND National Library Week! Libraries are quickly becoming community hubs for citizen science…even online!
Author Darlene Cavalier will bring to life The Field Guide to Citizen Science and provide step-by-step instructions on how to get involved in fun and important projects that will make you and the world feel good! We will highlight other books and resources available for free, online through libraries and help you connect with libraries across the country through social media.
Join us–seniors, kids, families, anyone! There’s something for everyone! Our friends from the National Network of LIbraries of Medicine will highlight free health and medicine resources and projects, like those featured on SciStarter.org/NLM !
Darlene Cavalier is a professor of practice at Arizona State University's School for the Future of Innovation in Society and a Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory at ASU. Professor Cavalier is the founder of SciStarter (a popular citizen science portal and research platform connecting millions of people to real science they can do), founder of Science Cheerleaders (a non profit organization comprised of current and former NFL, NBA and college cheerleaders pursuing STEM careers), cofounder of ECAST: Expert and Citizen Assessment of Science and Technology and cofounder of ScienceNearMe.org. She is a founding board member of the Citizen Science Association, an advisor and Fellow at National Geographic, a member of the EPA's National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology, appointed to the National Academy of Sciences "Designing Citizen Science to Support Science Learning" committee and named cochair of America 250's Innovation, Science, and Entrepreneurism Advisory Council. She is the co-editor of "The Rightful Place of Science: Citizen Science," author of "The Science of Cheerleading," and co-author of the Field Guide to Citizen Science (Timber Press). Recently, ASU President Michael Crow awarded Cavalier and her team the prestigious Medal for Social Embeddedness.
