Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By SciStarter Team, Jun 05, 2023
SciStarter and Arizona State University partner with a growing number of libraries across the country to offer free kits you can check out. Kits contain local field guides, intergenerational activities, and easy-to-use tools so you can participate in science that needs your help. Click here to see if your local library offers the kits. If … Read more “Citizen Science Kits: A New Way to Learn, Discover and Contribute at Your Local Library”
Categories: Animals, Apps, Astronomy & Space, Biology, Citizen Science, libraries, Library, Tools
By SciStarter Team, Feb 21, 2023
SciStarter provides free resources for all of our members, from customized Dashboards for citizen scientists to custom insights for project leaders. We highlight five popular resources here – for volunteers, project leaders, researchers and facilitators (including educators and librarians). And don’t forget our partner Science Near Me, which makes it easy to find science opportunities … Read more “How to make the most of SciStarter.org”
Categories: About Us, Affiliate Tools, Citizen Science, Citizen Science Month, Do-It-Yourself, Education, Library, Tools
By Anna Funk, Sep 17, 2021
Oceans give our world life. Phytoplankton breathe out 70 percent of our oxygen, and the oceans’ currents and other physical properties are responsible for our weather and climate. Scientists have long been keeping tabs on the ocean with vast networks of sensors, satellites and other equipment, in order to understand more about how it works … Read more “With Smartfin, Surfers Collect Ocean Data While They Hang Ten”
Categories: Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water, Tools
By SciStarter Team, Nov 11, 2020
Guest Post by Lynn Chesnut (@ramblynn1) Citizen science projects address a wide variety of research needs from bee conservation to light pollution. This type of citizen science typically involves volunteers collecting data for projects created by “expert” scientists, and volunteer involvement often ends there. But there’s another citizen science. A citizen science that involves volunteers … Read more “Environmental Justice and Community-driven Research: Twitter Chat on November 13”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Science Policy, Science Practices, Tools
By SciStarter Team, Jul 25, 2020
Lists are designed to support educators, parent-teachers, community organizers and other facilitators seeking real-world STEM curriculum supplements. … Read more
Categories: About Us, Affiliate Tools, SciStarter News, Tools
By Bob Hirshon, Jun 28, 2020
This post was originally published as a SciStarter newsletter. Sign up to receive bi-weekly citizen science in your inbox! You’re a DOER! We love that about you.Nothing can stop you…not even a lack of access to specialized, low-cost tools needed to fully engage in citizen science. Below, we present ways you can build tools and kits … Read more “DIY “Recipes” For Real Science That Needs You”
Categories: Citizen Science, Do-It-Yourself, Tools
By Caroline Nickerson, Aug 29, 2019
SciStarter provides free tools to benefit citizen science project coordinators, participants, organizations, and researchers. Three of these tools are 1) the Participation API, 2) the SciStarter Login System, and 3) the Project Finder Widget. Projects that use the Participant API or the Volunteer Sign Up tools (or both!) are called SciStarter Affiliates, and they are … Read more “SciStarter Affiliate Tools”
Categories: Affiliate Tools, API, Tools
By Elizabeth Bowling, Apr 22, 2019
What if everyone had access to powerful tools for scientific learning and problem solving? Scientific discovery tools — from telescopes to magnetometers — help us answer questions and generate knowledge. But many powerful tools are too expensive or too difficult for non-experts to use. Tool Foundry by Luminary Labs Earlier this month, Luminary Labs launched … Read more “Inventions that show why accessible tools matter for scientific discovery”
Categories: Tools
By Julia Travers, Feb 14, 2019
Citizen science (public participation in scientific research) often calls for tools you won’t find lying around the house, such as a rain gauge to record precipitation or an air quality sensor. Lack of access to these tools can be a barrier to engaging in citizen science projects. To address this, SciStarter is creating a relational … Read more “New citizen science tools database to discover and access the right instruments”
Categories: Citizen Science News, Tools
By Margaret Hinrichs, Feb 04, 2019
In early 2018, Scistarter and Arizona State University began the process of collaborating with a local community, Boulder Ridge, to measure the quality of its air. Boulder Ridge is a 55 and older retirement community in Phoenix. Over the past three years, Boulder Ridge residents began to notice increased blasting, crushing, and trucking out of … Read more “SciStarter, researchers, regulators, and community residents collaborate to test air quality sensors”
Categories: Citizen Science, Tools
