Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Lea Shell, Apr 02, 2018
Our editors picked five projects you can do in your garden. Learn more about your garden while advancing important scientific research. Learn how, below. AND….Citizen Science Day is April 14th! Find, join or host an event near you to celebrate the awesomeness of citizen science! Cheers, The SciStarter Team
Categories: Animals, Biology, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Featured Projects, Insects, Nature & Outdoors, Newsletter, SciFests, SciStarter News, USA Science and Engineering Festival
By Editorial Team, Nov 08, 2017
Planning to attend the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities annual meeting? SciStarter’s founder, Darlene Cavalier will be there to speak about “Citizen science and crowd-sourcing among other options for universities to move forward and find new ways to collectively address societal challenges.” 11/12 1:45–3:00 p.m. Delaware Suite The Knowledge Paradox: How Can Expertise Be … Read more “Citizen Science and The Age of Disruption: Navigating, Innovating, and Excelling. Nov 12–14 Washington, DC”
Categories: Events, SciStarter News
By Guest Contributor, Oct 20, 2017
By Sharon Karasick Girl Scouts are encouraged to try all sorts of new things in their scouting experience, a commitment reflected in their new motto: ”When she’s a Girl Scout, she’s also a G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader)™. While many troops still embrace the traditional three c’s of crafts, camping, and cookies, Girl Scouts are … Read more “Girl Scouts Think Like Citizen Scientists”
Categories: Citizen Science, Girl Scouts, Guest Contributor, SciStarter News
By Editorial Team, Oct 10, 2017
Philadelphia, Penn. – (October 10, 2017) –SciStarter and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) are teaming up to encourage girls to pursue citizen science activities and exploration with new programming in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). Girl Scouts of the USA has launched a new “Think Like a Citizen Scientist” series developed specifically to … Read more “Think Like A Citizen Scientist with Girl Scouts of the USA”
Categories: Citizen Science, Girl Scouts, Guest Contributor, SciStarter News
By Darlene Cavalier, Sep 19, 2017
You spoke, we listened. So come on over and check out the new SciStarter, your source for real science you can do! We feature more than 1600 current opportunities for you (yup, you!) to advance scientific research, locally or globally. Help scientists and community leaders monitor the quality of water, air and soil near you. … Read more “Introducing SciStarter 2.0; built with you in mind.”
Categories: Citizen Science, SciStarter News
By Darlene Cavalier, Sep 06, 2017
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (ILMS) announced the awarding of a National Leadership Grant for Libraries to develop a field-tested, replicable, low-cost toolkit of citizen science resources for public libraries. … Read more
Categories: Citizen Science News, libraries, SciStarter News
By Darlene Cavalier, Jul 25, 2017
A new Think Like a Citizen Scientist Girl Scouts journey was released this morning in collaboration with SciStarter as part of the Girl Scouts of USA’s announcement that it is adding 23 new badges related to science, technology, engineering, math and the outdoors. Girl Scouts can now earn badges through activities like programming robots, citizen … Read more “A new, national “Think Like a Citizen Scientist” Girl Scouts journey!”
Categories: Girl Scouts, SciStarter News
By Darlene Cavalier, Jul 12, 2017
At SciStarter, we aim to reach people where they are and connect them to opportunities to do and shape science through citizen science projects in need of their help. If someone wants to promote or recruit participants for their project, event, or tool, they register it on SciStarter. Our editors review each record before publishing … Read more “How SciStarter helps connect people to citizen science projects, events and tools.”
Categories: Citizen Science, SciStarter News
By Darlene Cavalier,
Well thank you for the kind words, Pietro Michelucci (founder of EyesOnALZ, a crowdsourcing platform designed to accelerate Alzheimer’s research). Pietro is one of 15 project and platform partners we’ve been working with to test and deploy a suite of new citizen science tools. For the past two years, thanks to support from the National … Read more “Why “SciStarter is excellent for citizen science.””
Categories: Events, SciStarter News
