Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Ashley R. Kelly, Feb 03, 2014
The non-profit Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science (Public Lab) previously won a Knight News Challenge in 2011 and received $500,000 to fund a tool kit and online community for citizen-based, grassroots data gathering and research. The second Knight News Challenge the group won, a $350,000 Knight award focused on health data, will allow the group … Read more “Homebrew Sensing Project: DIY Environmental Monitoring”
Categories: Do-It-Yourself, Ecology & Environment, In the News
By Darlene Cavalier, Jan 31, 2014
Thanks to the Independence National Historical Park for giving me access to the Liberty Bell. I had a lot of fun collecting microbes from this national treasure in my hometown! Happy to announce that the microbes from the Liberty Bell have been selected to fly on the International Space Station where their growth rates will … Read more “Liberty and Science for All: Project MERCCURI press release”
Categories: Chemistry, Citizen Science, Health, In the News
By Lily Bui, Jan 18, 2014
This week on The Pulse and SciStarter’s segment about citizen science, producer Kimberly Haas talks to IceWatch USA and Nature’s Notebook (a project of the National Phenology Network) to explore what local bodies of water can tell us about climate change. Listen here! Here’s an excerpt from WHYY’s related blog post: “Concerns about climate change often focus on melting ice: glaciers … Read more “Citizen Science on the Radio: IceWatch USA on WHYY’s the Pulse”
Categories: Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, In the News, Nature & Outdoors
By Lily Bui, Jan 11, 2014
(New York, N.Y.) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has revamped its Citizen Science website to provide new resources and success stories to assist the public in conducting scientific research and collecting data to better understand their local environment and address issues of concern. The website can be found here. “Citizen Science is an increasingly important … Read more “EPA Launches New Citizen Science Website; Resources Available to Conduct Scientific Investigations in Communities”
Categories: Climate & Weather, In the News, Science Policy
By Joe Diaz, Dec 11, 2013
As an educator, I wanted to take a moment to write you all to inform you about the Hour of Code project that is taking place globally this week. Both President Obama and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor recently issued statements about Computer Science Education Week, which runs from December 9-15th, to encourage students all around the world … Read more “The Hour of Code: What Most Schools Don’t Teach, and How You Can Learn It”
Categories: Computers & Technology, In the News, Science Education Standards
By Darlene Cavalier,
Discover Magazine, reaching more than 6 million readers, features citizen science in its January/February combined issue available on newsstands now. Coming in at number 76, the citizen science article features key citizen science developments from 2013 including those from Public Lab, CrowdCrafting, Cell Slider and Eye Wire. The article, “Science For the People, By the … Read more “Citizen Science makes Discover Magazine’s “Top 100 Science Stories of 2013””
Categories: Citizen Science, In the News
By Lily Bui, Dec 04, 2013
We are very excited to share the very first teaser segment for WHYY’s The Pulse with you, which aired last night at 6PM ET! Listen here: http://bit.ly/1bgaPTS The producer Kimberly Haas talks about PhillyTreeMap, Azavea, and the local Plant One Million Campaign. The Pulse is WHYY’s upcoming weekly one-hour radio program focused on health, science and … Read more “Citizen Science on the Radio: Philly Tree Map on WHYY’s ‘The Pulse’”
Categories: Citizen Science, In the News
By Lily Bui, Nov 22, 2013
This is an announcement from the Citizen Cyberscience Summit. Following the successful Citizen Cyberscience Summits in 2010 and 2012, we are pleased to announce a third meeting in London on 20-22 February 2014. By citizen cyberscience, we refer to the wide range of activities that enable people from all walks of life to join … Read more “Citizen Cyberscience Summit 2014: Call for Workshops, Papers and Participation”
Categories: Events, In the News
By Lily Bui, Oct 31, 2013
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy The TODAY Show recently participated in Project MERCCURI, presented by UC Davis, SciStarter, and Science Cheerleader. They anchors swabbed Studio 1A for microbes on air! Looks like they had fun. They’ve sent their microbes to UC Davis where they will be cultured and … Read more “The TODAY Show Participates in Project MERCCURI!”
Categories: In the News
By Lily Bui, Oct 26, 2013
If you’re planning to attend NPR’s “Weekend in Washington” conference on November 2, let’s meet up! SciStarter’s founder, Darlene Cavalier, will be speaking about the rise of citizen science (regular people doing real science). From National Public Radio: “NPR’s Weekend in Washington is our annual, multi-day convergence of award-winning journalists, innovative leaders from Member Stations and … Read more “SciStarter’s founder to speak about citizen science: NPR’s Weekend in Washington”
Categories: Events, In the News
