Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
We think migration is one of the most astounding phenomena in the animal world. Creatures large and small travel hundreds, even thousands of miles along the same routes every year, to the amazement of us human observers. Here are five migration projects that study migratory wildlife and are in need of your observations. Cheers! The … Read more “Spring Forward and Track Migrations for Citizen Science”
Categories: Citizen Science
Have at em! Click on the image to find an app or two for you. (Courtesy of Google Play.)
Categories: Apps, Citizen Science
With our ever-increasing connectivity and reliance on the internet, cybersecurity is a growing concern. Despite all the cautionary warnings about cyber safety, individuals, companies and government agencies still fall victim to attack. So what does it take to stay safe? NOVA, in partnership with computer scientists and cybersecurity experts, created the Cybersecurity Lab, a digital … Read more “Playing It Safe Online: NOVA Cybersecurity Lab Trains You to Carefully Navigate the Web”
Categories: Citizen Science, Computers & Technology, Gaming
The next time you get into an argument with your laptop or shake a fist at your computer, try to refrain from calling it “a stupid machine.” That would be gloating. We really are more intelligent than our computers. Case in point, the human mind can solve some puzzles better than computers. On this principle, … Read more “Coop’s Scoop: Mind over Mainframe – next #CitSciChat discusses citizen science games”
Categories: Citizen Science
On its surface, it looks like just another science puzzle game. In reality, the game is part of a broader goal to enable non-scientists to contribute to synthetic biology research. ‘It’ is Nanocrafter, a project created by researchers and game developers at the Center for Game Science at the University of Washington. They are … Read more “Nanocrafter: Playing a Game of Synthetic Biology”
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by David Coil a Project Scientist in the lab of Jonathan Eisen at UC Davis and a member of the Project MERCURRI team. We’ve finished analyzing all the data from the “Microbial Playoffs” part of Project MERCCURI(described here). Each microbe that was chosen to fly to the International Space … Read more “And the winners of the #spacemicrobes Microbial Playoffs are…”
Categories: Citizen Science
Propose or join a project or activity for the SciStarter Hackfest at the Citizen Science Association Conference! What: A hands-on and discussion-driven meet-up where everyone participates in dreaming up AND building creative tools to improve the field of citizen science! Where: Citizen Science 2015 Conference, San Jose, CA Who: The SciStarter team and YOU! Why: … Read more “Propose or Join a Citizen Science Hackfest Project!”
Categories: Citizen Science, Events
DNA, proteins, and chromosomes are too small to be seen with the naked eye, but there are plenty of citizen science projects that make the building blocks of life accessible to us all. Here are some great projects that need your help to advance our understanding of what we’re made of and where we come … Read more “Citizen Science for Your Genes and Proteins”
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Newsletter
With its striking orange and black coloring and transcontinental range, the monarch butterfly is probably the most recognizable insect in North America. All pollinators are important to maintaining our food supply, but monarchs also have a key role in education; for decades schoolchildren across North America have been raising and releasing monarchs as part of … Read more “Declining monarch population means increased need for citizen scientists”
Categories: Citizen Science
Are you planning to attend the Citizen Science Association’s Conference and/or the American Association for the Advancement of Science Conference and Family Science Days in San Jose, CA? Let’s meet up! Here’s where you will find SciStarter: All events are at the San Jose Convention Center. Citizen Science Association Conference 2/11 11:50am The Crowd & … Read more “San Jose, we’re comin’ at ya with a TON of #citizenscience !”
Categories: Citizen Science, Events
