Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Arvind Suresh, Mar 30, 2015
This guest post by Sharman Apt Russel describes a citizen science experience with the the project, Nature’s Notebook featured on our recent Spring themed newsletter. Check out the rest of the projects on that list here. Nature’s Notebook is also one of more than 800 citizen science projects on SciStarter. Use our project finder to find … Read more “Nature’s Notebook: Through the Eyes of a Citizen Scientist”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Eva Lewandowski, Mar 25, 2015
Here are six projects in need of your help as you walk the dog, work in your garden, clean the gutters, or do spring cleaning. And check out these new citizen science projects just added to the Project Finder on SciStarter. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Animals, Birds, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Ian Vorster, Mar 22, 2015
It was a crisp morning following a cold night in Goleta’s Coronado Monarch Butterfly Preserve. As Luke crossed a beam that had been dropped across a swampy area, he looked up at the Eucalyptus grove and sighed quietly. “Where are the butterflies Dad,” he asked me—with one part expectation and one part disappointment.
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Darlene Cavalier, Mar 20, 2015
As part of SciStarter’s regular radio series with WHYY’s The Pulse, we highlight new developments in citizen science and a few projects ripe for spring! As the weather starts warming up and we all begin shedding our thick, winter coats, a crop of new citizen science projects are enticing us to get outdoors in the name … Read more ““What’s in store for citizen scientists this spring,” WHYY’s The Pulse”
Categories: Animals, Apps, Biology, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Events
By Eva Lewandowski, Jan 26, 2015
Winter weather is upon us! Many folks bundle up and venture outside to participate in citizen science, while others look for projects they can do indoors. Here’s a mitten-full of indoor and outdoor cold-weather projects for you to explore. Cheers! The SciStarter Team Weather-IT This project is run by a graduate student who needs your … Read more “Winter Citizen Science Projects To Warm Your Heart and Mind”
Categories: Animals, Birds, Citizen Science, Do-It-Yourself
By Ariel Simons, Jan 12, 2015
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on the author’s blog. Project SCARAB is one of more than 800 great citizen science projects on SciStarter. Use our project finder to find one that you can participate in! The great thing about living in a major port city such as Los Angeles is having access to ideas and … Read more “What is killing California’s trees, and what can you do about it?”
Categories: Apps, Biology, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Insects
By Editorial Team, Jan 09, 2015
This guest post by Sharman Apt Russel describes a citizen science experience with the children in her daughter’s third-grade classroom. the project, Celebrate Urban Birds was one of our Top 14 Projects of 2014. Check out the rest of the projects on that list here. Celebrate Urban Birds is also one of more than 800 citizen … Read more “Celebrating the Next Generation of Bird Watchers [Guest Post]”
Categories: Birds, Citizen Science, Guest Contributor, Nature & Outdoors
By Arvind Suresh, Jan 05, 2015
As we ring in the New Year, we’re celebrating the 14 Top Projects of 2014! These are the projects that received the most visits on the SciStarter website. Resolve to do more citizen science in 2015! We’ll help you with that goal. Happy New Year! Photo: Mike Hankey 1. American Meteor Society – Meteor Observing Report meteors … Read more “SciStarter’s Top Fourteen Citizen Science Projects of 2014!”
Categories: Animals, Apps, Astronomy & Space, Biology, Birds, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Do-It-Yourself, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Newsletter
By Arvind Suresh, Dec 11, 2014
This is a guest post from David Sittenfeld, Manager, Forums at the Museum of Science, Boston. FIREFLIES, HEALTHIER CITIES, AND POLICY INPUT: CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN SCIENCE AT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE IN BOSTON At the Museum of Science in Boston, we’ve been exploring three flavors of citizen science over the last half-decade or so. We … Read more “Citizen participation in science at the Museum of Science in Boston”
Categories: Animals, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Guest Contributor, Nature & Outdoors
By Editorial Team, Dec 02, 2014
In 1999, crows began dropping dead in the United States. A crow here, a crow there – nobody thought much of it at the time, says Joshua Dein, a veterinary scientist working with the University of Wisconsin-Madison. But this was the precursor to outbreaks of the West Nile Virus in North America. Since scientists knew … Read more “Citizen Scientists Keep Watch for New Epidemics”
Categories: Animals, Biology, Citizen Science, Health
