Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Carolyn Graybeal, Jul 11, 2017
Written by Adam Gabriele, Arizona State University. Originally published on ASUNow. There’s an exciting change under way in the scientific community. Citizens with an avid interest in science are getting the chance to contribute to real research through data collection and analysis in collaboration with professional scientists. These “citizen scientists” — tinkerers and enthusiasts of … Read more “SciStarter’s founder appointed to NAS committee on Citizen Science”
Categories: ASU Citizen Science Maker Summit, Citizen Science News, In the News, SciStarter News
By Catherine Price, May 13, 2017
Darlene Cavalier was recently featured on the “Lab Out Loud” podcast discussing ways to get involved in science in and out of the classroom. Listen now to learn how you, your students and your family can be citizen scientists by catching clouds with an app, documenting road kill, or fighting Alzheimer’s with an online game. … Read more “Citizen Science Day: Goggles, Lab Coat, Degree not Required”
Categories: Citizen Science, SciStarter News
By Erica Prange, Dec 04, 2016
At SciStarter, we aim to make it easy to find and join meaningful citizen science projects. Choose a location, activity, or topic to find appropriate adventures and learn more about the project and what tools (sensors, digital scales, rain gauges, etc) are needed to participate. But, for many projects and would-be participants, there are challenges … Read more “Making Citizen Science Tools Discoverable and Accessible”
Categories: ASU Citizen Science Maker Summit, Citizen Science, Citizen Science News, SciStarter News
By Darlene Cavalier, Jul 23, 2016
PocketLab connects with a single button to a smart phone, tablet, Chromebook, or computer and instantly streams data that you can see and record. PocketLab measures motion, acceleration, angular velocity, magnetic field, pressure, altitude, and temperature. Using the PocketLab app, you can easily analyze your data, create graphs, and integrate your data with other software. … Read more “PocketLab + SciStarter = a [citizen] science lab that fits in your pocket.”
Categories: Citizen Science, Other, SciStarter News
By Darlene Cavalier, Jun 17, 2016
Today, SciStarter, a research affiliate of Arizona State University, was awarded a National Science Foundation iCORPS grant (Innovation Corps). The primary goal of NSF I-Corps is to foster entrepreneurship that will lead to the commercialization of technology that has been supported previously by NSF-funded research (SciStarter 2.0). The approach to entrepreneurship uses techniques developed to … Read more “ASU and SciStarter awarded NSF Innovation CORPS grant to foster access to, and commercialization of, citizen science tools”
Categories: Citizen Science, SciStarter News
By Darlene Cavalier, Apr 08, 2016
“Philadelphia Media Network is pleased to partner with SciStarter,” said Eric Ulken, vice president of digital content for Philly.com, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News. “Our daily mission is to inform the residents of the Philadelphia area with the most useful and relevant news in the region. Leveraging SciStarter’s extensive coverage on science innovations and citizen participation in those innovations will help us further engage our millions of users and large contingent of local science leaders.” … Read more
Categories: Citizen Science, In the News, SciStarter News
By Darlene Cavalier, Mar 29, 2016
NASA scientists are on a mission to map global soil moisture, and through SciStarter, they’re teaming up with citizen scientists to gather valuable data from the ground to complement and validate what is seen from space. Known as the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite mission, the satellite will help scientists understand links among … Read more “YLACES extends SciStarter grant to recruit, train, equip citizen scientists to ground-truth NASA satellite data.”
Categories: Citizen Science, SciStarter News
By Arvind Suresh, Jan 28, 2016
SciStarter adds first Canadian organization as a citizen science partner The David Suzuki Foundation expands citizen science projects to include Canadians Philadelphia, PA / Vancouver, B.C. (January 28, 2016) — The David Suzuki Foundation is teaming up with SciStarter to encourage science researchers in Canada to engage more citizen science partners through SciStarter’s … Read more “SciStarter adds first Canadian organization as a citizen science partner”
Categories: Citizen Science, SciStarter News
By Darlene Cavalier, Jan 16, 2016
SciStarter’s database of citizen science projects now featured on AllForGood.org and Serve.gov . Federal employees will now be able to find and join SciStarter’s citizen science projects just in time for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, when everyone is encouraged to participate in a Day of Service. All For Good, a service of Points of … Read more “SciStarter’s database of citizen science projects now featured on AllForGood.org and Serve.gov”
Categories: API, SciStarter News
By Darlene Cavalier, Dec 23, 2015
Earlier this month, I had the immense honor of sharing the stage with Bill Nye and some fascinating thought leaders in space exploration from academia and industry, thanks to the leaders at Arizona State University’s New Space. We talked about colonizing Mars, mining asteroids, women in STEM and more. Amid all the exciting, forward-looking discussions, bolstered … Read more “My 10-year citizen science journey.”
Categories: Citizen Science, Science Cheerleaders, Science Policy, SciStarter News
