Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
Tasmania, the island state of Australia, is known for its tall trees, its wild mountains, its challenging caves, but most of all for its Tasmanian Devils. While the Warner Brothers cartoon character may be responsible for this infamy, the devils themselves are fascinating creatures. They are also endangered by a mysterious disease and are the … Read more “Save the Tasmanian Devil!”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Health
This post is part of this week’s featured projects about other tree projects. Branch out into citizen science and take a look! A couple of weekends ago, I was up in the impressive Adirondacks in upstate New York for a getaway with friends. One of the interesting things I noticed while driving through the winding … Read more “Want to know which tree that leaf is from? Let Leafsnap come to your rescue!”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
Trees provide us with oxygen, shade, and that calming rustle on an evening hike. Now, they’re also providing the opportunity to do some citizen science! Here is our round-up of tree-related citizen science projects that you can go out on a limb to participate in! Treezilla Treezilla is a mapping project based in Great Britain … Read more “Citizen Science Does Grow on Trees!”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
This post is part of this week’s featured projects about water quality monitoring. Take a look! Despite over 70% of the Earth’s surface being covered in water, one in nine people do not have access to an improved water source.(1) Contaminated water kills more people than all wars, crimes and terrorism combined yet more people … Read more “A Picture Saves 1,000 Streams – Water Quality Monitoring on Your Smartphone”
Categories: Apps, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water
This post is part of this week’s featured projects about water quality monitoring. Take a look! Clean water. We all need it. It is necessary for human health, food security, economic growth, and preservation of natural habitats. Sadly, human activity often threatens water quality. Tracking water quality is a crucial step is maintaining safe water. … Read more “Monitoring Water Quality”
Categories: Citizen Science
We’ve scooped up a handful of water quality monitoring projects for you this week. Dive right in – is the water fine? Believe it or not, this list is just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak. SciStarter has an even bigger pool of water-related projects in our database. Take a look! Creek Freaks Whenever … Read more “Submerse Yourself in Citizen Science!”
Categories: Citizen Science
Do you have an idea about how to approach climate change? You’re not alone. Thousands of other people around the world are coming up with potential solutions to one of the world’s most challenging problems, but until now they have not been able to easily connect. MIT’s Climate CoLab is attempting to change this by bringing … Read more “Stop, Collaborate and…Vote! Help solve climate change with MIT’s Climate CoLab Project”
Categories: Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Contest
This project is featured in our Back to School 2013 round-up. Imagine what it would mean if our knowledge about the many life forms on Earth – of animals, plants, fungi, protists, and bacteria – could be gathered together and made available to everyone – anywhere – at a moment’s notice. Currently, this information is … Read more “Browse the Encyclopedia of Life”
Categories: Citizen Science
This project is part of our Back to School 2013 round-up of projects. Read more about them! Breast cancer is the single most common cancer in women worldwide with roughly 1 in 8 women developing the disease each year. Chances are, a friend or family member is coping with this diagnosis right now. Following Angelina … Read more “Cancer Research in the Classroom – Accelerating Cures with the Click of a Mouse”
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Health, Science Education Standards
This project is part of our Back to School 2013 round-up of projects. Read more about them! Calling all citizen scientists! It doesn’t matter where you are. You can still be an ‘honorary’ diver to help with this project. The idea is simply to look at seafloor photos on your computer and catalogue what you … Read more “Visit the bottom of the ocean…without getting wet!”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water
