Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
The idea for the @52CitScientists account sprang from a conversation between Mar Dixon and Darlene Cavalier. Soon after, they enlisted Zsófi Szendrei to grow the account and make it a success. You can find @52CitScientists on Twitter and Instagram. Mar Dixon is a self-described “troublemaker for sectors who need a kick up the bum.” SciStarter has a unique … Read more “@52CitScientists”
Categories: About Us, Citizen Science, Project Profile, SciStarter News
Put Artificial Intelligence to work for you in these five projects. Need a little help identifying that mysterious bug you found? Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help! AI is transforming how citizen science gets done: from IDing species to crunching through massive amounts of data. Still…AI is only part of the solution. Your help is needed … Read more “The future is here: Artificial Intelligence meets Citizen Science”
Categories: Citizen Science, Featured Projects
The Virginia Beach Blue Water Task Force works all twelve months of the year. When we visit the beach, water quality is the last thing most of us want to worry about. Virginia Beach receives more than 15 million tourists each year, and both the state Department of Health and a local branch of the … Read more “All Water Is Connected: Citizen Scientists Monitor Virginia Water Quality”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water, Project Profile
Want to get to know the people behind the curtain a little bit better? Tune in to our “team member spotlight” series! You’ll meet the people who make SciStarter work and learn what makes them tick. One thing we all have in common? A love for citizen science. This week, we’re featuring Jonathan Brier. Jonathan … Read more “Team Member Spotlight: Jonathan Brier”
Categories: About Us, Staff Spotlight
Citizen science can be an excellent way to engage learners in the process of science and to address the Practices as outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). In each issue of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Journal, Science Scope, a citizen science project from the SciStarter Project Finder is featured! In the … Read more “Citizen Science in the Classroom: NASA Globe Observer Clouds”
Categories: Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Do-It-Yourself, EarthSchool, Ecology & Environment, Education, Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Project Profile
Check out iCivics’ Democracy at Play challenge! National Constitution Week is September 17-22. To celebrate, we are partnering with iCivics, the nation’s leading provider of civic education, to help America raise its game. The Constitution is the heart of our democracy, but how well do we really know the rights it guarantees? Let’s find out. We’re … Read more “Democracy At Play – Constitution Day Challenge”
Think science is all work and no play? Try your hand at these four citizen science projects and advance scientific research while you play games! Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Alzheimers, Citizen Science, Computers & Technology, Featured Projects, Webinar, Workshop Affiliate Tools, Workshops
Here are our picks of the week for educators and learners (and, really, aren’t we all life-long learners?). Each project includes lesson plans aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards. Ooooooh! The school bell is about to ring. Here’s to a great year of learning and contributing to science. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
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Occasionally, we’ve received emails from people who want to volunteer at SciStarter in some capacity. Some of these people volunteered their way into paid positions, earned service hours or other credits, leveraged their experiences and new contacts to launch careers, or still volunteer with us (after many years). Of course, some folks never made it … Read more “Would you like to get involved with SciStarter?”
Categories: About Us, Volunteer at SciStarter
SciStarter is curating “How To” videos for citizen science. Many of the featured projects’ leaders recorded their own video on a smart phone! You can, too! Help people understand how to do your project by showing them a brief video tutorial. Here are tips to consider: Introduce yourself and what you do. Briefly describe the … Read more “Tips to create a “How To” video for your citizen science project.”
Categories: About Us, SciStarter News, videos
