Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Caroline Nickerson, Oct 10, 2019
Do you want to know more about the world around you? iNaturalist allows anyone, anywhere to contribute to a global record of biodiversity by uploading pictures of plants and animals with their smartphone or computer. In a new podcast episode (listen below!), co-host Justin Schell talks with Dr. Carrie Seltzer, the Stakeholder Engagement Strategist for … Read more “Explore biodiversity with iNaturalist and the Appalachian Mountain Club”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Project Profile
By Caroline Nickerson, Oct 06, 2019
The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals call for action to address health, a clean Earth, sustainable energy, and more. Below, we spotlight citizen science projects you can do to address five of the 17 Goals. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Citizen Science, Newsletter
By Caroline Nickerson, Sep 30, 2019
Portions of this blog post are excerpted from the accompanying podcast episode and from notes shared between the SciStarter team and Kobi Gal’s research team. Smart Project Recommendations on SciStarter With thousands of projects listed on SciStarter, a main challenge can be finding the right project, one that really suits your needs and your interests. … Read more “AI-Powered, Smart Project Recommendations on SciStarter”
Categories: Citizen Science, CitSci Research, SciStarter News
By Caroline Nickerson, Sep 21, 2019
As the interviewer and the author of this post, I’ll reveal my bias now: meeting Michelle Neil, the secretary and social media moderator of the Australian Citizen Science Association, was a highlight of the Citizen Science Association’s conference for me. I’m an unabashed Michelle fan. She sat down with me this past March in Raleigh … Read more “Citizen Science in Australia: Spotlight on Michelle Neil”
Categories: Citizen Science, CitSci Research, Ecology & Environment, Events
By Caroline Nickerson, Sep 18, 2019
Mark your calendars for May 2021! The 2021 Citizen Science Association conference (#CitSci2021) will be at School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University (ASU), our partners in citizen science innovation. SciStarter is a proud research affiliate of ASU. Our founder and founding board member of the Citizen Science Association, Darlene … Read more “Mark Your Calendars for CitSci2021”
Categories: Citizen Science, Citizen Science Conference, Citizen Science News, Events
By Caroline Nickerson, Aug 29, 2019
SciStarter provides free tools to benefit citizen science project coordinators, participants, organizations, and researchers. Three of these tools are 1) the Participation API, 2) the SciStarter Login System, and 3) the Project Finder Widget. Projects that use the Participant API or the Volunteer Sign Up tools (or both!) are called SciStarter Affiliates, and they are … Read more “SciStarter Affiliate Tools”
Categories: Affiliate Tools, API, Tools
By Caroline Nickerson, Aug 20, 2019
This blog post is an edited excerpt from Human Impact, a new publication from Science Connected. Edited by Kate Stone and Shayna Keyles, Human Impact delivers 17 true tales of how humanity has changed the Earth, for better or for worse. This chapter appears in Human Impact as “Act Now: Engaging in Citizen Science,” and includes contributions … Read more “Human Impact: Climate Change and Citizen Science”
Categories: Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Environment
By Caroline Nickerson, Aug 10, 2019
We’re in the dog days of summer, and National Dog Day is August 26. You and your dog can celebrate by doing a little science together (that’s right!)…and help researchers in the process. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Animals, Newsletter
By Caroline Nickerson, Aug 06, 2019
SciStarter maintains a “Year in Citizen Science” Google Calendar. You can learn more and access the full Google Calendar at SciStarter.org/Calendar. Happy August!
Categories: Calendar
By Caroline Nickerson,
Today, August 6, GLOBE Observer invites you to join them at 11MT/1ET for a webinar. Do you live in an area that experiences dust storms? The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment Program (GLOBE) team would like you to photograph dust events in your area and submit your photos using the GLOBE Observer … Read more “Are you dealing with dust storms? Webinar today with GLOBE Observer”
Categories: Citizen Science, Environment, Nature & Outdoors
