Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Megan Ray Nichols, Nov 18, 2018
This post is part three of a three-part series about how Curio can help citizens recognize, appreciate, and care for the highly beneficial green spaces around them. Special thanks to Megan Ray Nichols for putting all this together. Portions of this interview appeared in part one of this series. Part One | Part Two | Part Three Source: Curio.xyz … Read more “Part Three of Curio Series: Q&A with Co-Founder, Conor Nugent”
Categories: Apps, Citizen Science, CitSci Research, EarthSchool, Ecology & Environment, Environment
By Paul Hickey,
This post is part two of a three-part series about how Curio can help citizens recognize, appreciate, and care for the highly beneficial green spaces around them. Part One | Part Two | Part Three Photo by Aleksejs Bergmanis When I was 8 years old, a friend of mine fell from the very top of … Read more “Part Two of Curio Series: A Word From Co-Founder, Paul Hickey”
Categories: Apps, Citizen Science, CitSci Research, EarthSchool, Ecology & Environment, Environment
By Megan Ray Nichols,
This post is part one of a three-part series about how Curio can help citizens recognize, appreciate, and care for the highly beneficial green spaces around them. Part One | Part Two | Part Three Source: Curio.xyz The word “forest” can conjure an image of distant, thickly wooded area, straight from a Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Curio, an app … Read more “Part One of Curio Series: Protect Urban Forests With Curio”
Categories: Apps, Citizen Science, CitSci Research, EarthSchool, Ecology & Environment, Environment
By Caroline Nickerson, Jul 20, 2018
Tomorrow, on Saturday, July 21, Moth Week will commence! Running until Sunday, July 29, Moth Week is a way for people of all ages all around the world to come together to celebrate the beauty, life cycles, and habitats of moths. These self-described “Moth-ers” are in fact citizen scientists, as one of the key missions … Read more “Join a National Moth Week Event Near You!”
Categories: Apps, Citizen Science, Citizen Science News, Education, Events
By Sharman Apt Russell, Jul 07, 2018
The lazy days of summer are perfect for kicking back and watching the clouds float by. Why not contribute to citizen science from the comfort of your hammock with this cloud-observing project from NASA? Help NASA understand clouds by reporting your observations with the citizen science project S’Cool Clouds are so democratic. You don’t need to … Read more “Science in the Skies: Studying Clouds with CitSci”
Categories: Apps, Astronomy & Space, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Project Profile
By Lea Shell, Feb 01, 2018
When the Philadelphia Eagles face the New England Patriots on Sunday, look for the brains on the sidelines. A combined THIRTY Super Bowl cheerleaders are currently pursuing careers in STEM. Fifteen on the Patriots side and fifteen on the Eagles side. Below, two former cheerleaders share their picks for Citizen Science on Super Bowl Sunday! Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Animals, Apps, Astronomy & Space, Birds, Citizen Science, Events, Featured Projects, Ocean & Water, Science Cheerleaders, USA Science and Engineering Festival
By Lea Shell, Jan 18, 2018
What a year it has been! We now have more than 50,000 active members participating in over 1,700 projects on SciStarter. We can’t wait to see what 2018 brings. From neurons to whales and everything in between, the 2017 Top 10 Projects are as varied and diverse as their participants. Thanks for making it such … Read more “SciStarter’s Top 10 Projects of 2017 are here!”
Categories: Animals, Apps, Astronomy & Space, Citizen Science News, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Featured Projects, Health, Insects
By Guest Contributor, Jan 04, 2018
By: Caitlin Larkin You probably remember when the Ebola virus became news in 2014, after it killed thousands of people. Erica Ollmann Saphire (pictured above), a structural biologist at The Scripps Research Institute, and one of the world’s foremost experts on Ebola, understood the molecular structure of the disease—and she knew its weak spots. She … Read more “Your Computer Can Volunteer, Too”
Categories: Apps, Citizen Science, Citizen Science News, Guest Contributor, Health
By Sarah Newman, Oct 28, 2017
Treat yourself with citizen science this Halloween. Take a stroll through a pumpkin patch to look for insects or spend a night under the stars watching bats. Staying indoors? Map craters on the moon for NASA! Grab a few sweets from the candy dish and scroll through our editor’s picks below. You’re sure to find … Read more “Spooktacular Citizen Science”
Categories: Apps, Astronomy & Space, Bats, Featured Projects
By Catherine Price, Nov 09, 2016
Today is World Science Day, an internationally celebrated day to increase the public’s ability to participate more meaningfully in science and to take action on environmental issues important to their community. The day also coincides with International Science Center and Science Museum Day. At SciStarter, we see citizen science as the perfect way to celebrate and … Read more “Celebrate World Science Day with Citizen Science and NASA”
Categories: Apps, Citizen Science, Events
