Category: Animals

Citizen Science in the Classroom: Project NestWatch

By Karen McDonald, Mar 24, 2014

  Using Cornell Ornithology Lab’s Project NestWatch to Meet Common Core and Next Generation Teaching Standards Grades: K-12th Description: Project NestWatch is hosted through Cornell University’s Ornithology lab located in Sapsucker Woods, Ithaca, New York. When you look for it on the SciStarter website or online remember that the project’s name is one word not … Read more “Citizen Science in the Classroom: Project NestWatch”

Categories: Analyzing and interpreting data, Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering), Birds, Citizen Science, Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering), Developing and using models, Engaging in argument from evidence, Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information, Planning and carrying out investigations, Science Education Standards, Science Practices, Using mathematics and computational thinking

Citizen Science on the Radio: WHYY Features Spring Projects!

By Lily Bui, Mar 20, 2014

This week on The Pulse and SciStarter’s segment about citizen science, producer Kimberly Haas highlights some spring projects that you can get involved in this season. Spring is in the air, and so it citizen science! As SciStarter founder Darlene Cavalier told WHYY, “Springtime is the time for citizen science […] So you can find, in … Read more “Citizen Science on the Radio: WHYY Features Spring Projects!”

Categories: Biology, Birds, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, In the News, Nature & Outdoors

Spring is Here!

By Jenna Lang,

The equinox is upon us. Budding trees and baby birds will soon greet us. As the weather gets warmer, be ready to Spring into action with these five springtime citizen science projects! Project BudBurst Help scientists understand the impacts of global climate change! Report data on the timing of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of plants … Read more “Spring is Here!”

Categories: Animals, Biology, Birds, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Newsletter

Citizen Science in The Classroom: Monarch Migration

By Karen McDonald, Mar 16, 2014

Using Journey North’s Monarch Project to Meet Common Core and Next Generation Teaching Standards Citizen Science and Monarch Migration as a Teaching Tool Grades: K-12th Description: Journey North (JN) is a citizen science project for the observation and tracking of seasonal weather changes and phenology or life cycle changes in animals and plants. This website … Read more “Citizen Science in The Classroom: Monarch Migration”

Categories: Analyzing and interpreting data, Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering), Citizen Science, Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering), Developing and using models, EarthSchool, Engaging in argument from evidence, Insects, Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information, Planning and carrying out investigations, Science Practices, Using mathematics and computational thinking

Why Did the Salamander Cross the Road?

By Sheetal R. Modi, Mar 05, 2014

Count and protect migrating amphibians. Help salamanders cross the road at night with the Salamander Crossing Brigades. Citizen science after hours…here are some citizen science projects you can do at night. Springtime means that love is in the air. Bees are buzzing, birds are chirping,  animals are mating–and salamanders want to do it too. That is, if … Read more “Why Did the Salamander Cross the Road?”

Categories: Animals, Biology, Citizen Science, Events, Nature & Outdoors

Citizen Science on the Radio: The Great Backyard Bird Count

By Lily Bui, Feb 08, 2014

This week on The Pulse and SciStarter’s segment about citizen science, producer Kimberly Haas  tags along with local birdwatcher Pat Evans as she studies migratory bird patterns and fluxes in bird populations from New Jersey. The Great Backyard Bird Count takes place from February 14th to 17th this year, so get started and let us know how many birds … Read more “Citizen Science on the Radio: The Great Backyard Bird Count”

Categories: Animals, Birds, Citizen Science, In the News

Audubon’s Adopt A Bird

By Sheetal R. Modi, Jan 06, 2014

Is your friend or family member an ornithologist, a conservationist, or a general appreciator of the environment? How about a Baltimore Orioles or Philadelphia Eagles fan?  Stanford Cardinal? Consider adopting a bird through Audubon’s gift program! (Orioles, eagles, and cardinals among a number of other birds are all available for adoption). For $30, through the … Read more “Audubon’s Adopt A Bird”

Categories: Animals, Birds, Ecology & Environment

Surveying Seabirds of the Puget Sound this Holiday Season.

By Melinda T. Hough, Dec 25, 2013

If you’re looking for more projects for the holiday season, we’ve got 12 Days of Citizen Science for you! “On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…” birds! Partridges, turtle doves, French hens, calling birds, golden rings (pheasants), geese and swans inhabit this festival folk classic celebrating food and merriment. Seabirds, … Read more “Surveying Seabirds of the Puget Sound this Holiday Season.”

Categories: Animals, Birds, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water

Monitoring the Spread of the Invasive Chinese Mitten Crab with the Smithsonian

By Karen McDonald,

Tracking the Invasive Chinese Mitten Crab through the Chinese Mitten Crab Watch When you go outside on a cold and snowy day you put on a coat and mittens to keep you warm, but did you know that there’s a type of crab that actually wears mittens all year round?  It’s called the Chinese Mitten … Read more “Monitoring the Spread of the Invasive Chinese Mitten Crab with the Smithsonian”

Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water

Peace on Earth, Good Will Towards All Birds: Christmas Bird Count

By Caren Cooper, Dec 24, 2013

If you’re looking for more projects for the holiday season, we’ve got 12 Days of Citizen Science for you! Bird watching has been popular for a long time. It goes back at least as far as the 1780 bird-listing song so popular with carolers, “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” Certainly only birders would count 7 … Read more “Peace on Earth, Good Will Towards All Birds: Christmas Bird Count”

Categories: Birds, Citizen Science, Nature & Outdoors