Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Carolyn Graybeal, Aug 06, 2014
This post is part of Exploring a Culture of Health, a citizen science series brought to you by Discover Magazine, SciStarter and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, serving as an ally to help Americans work together to build a national Culture of Health that enables everyone to lead healthier lives now and for generations to come. With the advent … Read more “Exploring a Culture of Health: Navigating the Path Towards Responsible Personal Health Data Research”
Categories: Citizen Science
By Carolyn Graybeal, Jul 31, 2014
Identify beached birds and help monitor the health of the coastal ecosystem. Looking for more summertime citizen science projects? Find them here. Do you enjoy long walks on the beach while taking in the surrounding wildlife? Are you concerned about environmental issues and passionate about community projects? … Read more “COASST: Monitoring seabirds of the Pacific Northwest”
Categories: Animals, Biology, Birds, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Carolyn Graybeal, Jul 16, 2014
This post is part of Exploring a Culture of Health, a citizen science series brought to you by Discover Magazine, SciStarter and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, serving as an ally to help Americans work together to build a national Culture of Health that enables everyone to lead healthier lives now and for generations to come. There is a … Read more “Exploring a Culture of Health: How Can We Visualize Health Data for Better Communication?”
Categories: Citizen Science, Health
By Carolyn Graybeal, Jul 02, 2014
This post is part of Exploring a Culture of Health, a citizen science series brought to you by Discover Magazine, SciStarter and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, serving as an ally to help Americans work together to build a national Culture of Health that enables everyone to lead healthier lives now and for generations to come. Imagine if everyday … Read more “Exploring a Culture of Health: Detecting Signals of Wellbeing”
Categories: Citizen Science
By Carolyn Graybeal, Jun 18, 2014
This Saturday June 21st, collect samples from bodies of water to catalog the ocean’s microbial biodiversity. Want more marine-themed citizen science projects? We’ve got you covered! This Saturday June 21st, citizen scientists will be able to take part in MyOSD (official site) the citizen science component to this year’s Ocean Sampling Day (OSD). The event is … Read more “Ocean Sampling Day – Cataloging the Diversity of Microbes in Our Oceans”
Categories: Biology, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water
By Carolyn Graybeal, Jun 17, 2014
This post is part of Exploring a Culture of Health, a citizen science series brought to you by Discover Magazine, SciStarter and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, serving as an ally to help Americans work together to build a national Culture of Health that enables everyone to lead healthier lives now and for generations to come. Early life experiences … Read more “Exploring a Culture of Health: Building Resilience to Undo the Effects of Childhood Trauma”
Categories: Citizen Science
By Carolyn Graybeal, Jun 04, 2014
This post is part of Exploring a Culture of Health, a citizen science series brought to you by Discover Magazine, SciStarter and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, serving as an ally to help Americans work together to build a national Culture of Health that enables everyone to lead healthier lives now and for generations to come. … Read more “Exploring a Culture of Health: Disrupting the Doctor’s Office with Flip the Clinic”
Categories: Citizen Science
By Carolyn Graybeal, Mar 13, 2014
In recent years there has been a growing emphasis on improving STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education. A correlate of this is has been the increase in digital resources available to students and educators. An excellent example of this is Visionlearning. Visionlearning is the brainchild of Dr. Anthony Carpi, professor of toxicology at John … Read more “Visionlearning: An innovative online resource for STEM education”
Categories: Citizen Science
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 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
