Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Lea Shell, Feb 01, 2018
When the Philadelphia Eagles face the New England Patriots on Sunday, look for the brains on the sidelines. A combined THIRTY Super Bowl cheerleaders are currently pursuing careers in STEM. Fifteen on the Patriots side and fifteen on the Eagles side. Below, two former cheerleaders share their picks for Citizen Science on Super Bowl Sunday! Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Animals, Apps, Astronomy & Space, Birds, Citizen Science, Events, Featured Projects, Ocean & Water, Science Cheerleaders, USA Science and Engineering Festival
By Guest Contributor, Jan 24, 2018
By Egle Marija Ramanauskaite, Citizen Science Coordinator at EyesOnALZ December 21st, 2017, just might enter the history books as the first day a citizen science trophy was ever awarded to a school. The trophy, bestowed to 250 students for contributing to Alzheimer’s research, is now proudly displayed next to sports trophies & special achievement awards at a … Read more “Trophy marks new era for citizen science in the classroom”
Categories: Citizen Science, EarthSchool, Education, Guest Contributor, Health, Other, Project Profile
By Lea Shell, Jan 18, 2018
What a year it has been! We now have more than 50,000 active members participating in over 1,700 projects on SciStarter. We can’t wait to see what 2018 brings. From neurons to whales and everything in between, the 2017 Top 10 Projects are as varied and diverse as their participants. Thanks for making it such … Read more “SciStarter’s Top 10 Projects of 2017 are here!”
Categories: Animals, Apps, Astronomy & Space, Citizen Science News, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Featured Projects, Health, Insects
By Kristin Butler,
Citizen scientists across the country are helping scientists better understand the illness and how it is moving through the population by participating in a research project called Flu Near You. … Read more
Categories: Citizen Science, Health, Project Profile
By Guest Contributor, Jan 12, 2018
Songbirds may be nature’s pop stars, but the females are still waiting for a turn in the spotlight. Participants in the Female Bird Song Project are looking to right this imbalance. … Read more
Categories: Animals, Birds, Guest Contributor, Project Profile
By Darlene Cavalier, Jan 05, 2018
Did you know that forecasters rely on YOU to help accurately predict snow storms, floods, droughts and extreme weather conditions? … Read more
Categories: Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Nature & Outdoors
By Guest Contributor, Jan 04, 2018
By: Caitlin Larkin You probably remember when the Ebola virus became news in 2014, after it killed thousands of people. Erica Ollmann Saphire (pictured above), a structural biologist at The Scripps Research Institute, and one of the world’s foremost experts on Ebola, understood the molecular structure of the disease—and she knew its weak spots. She … Read more “Your Computer Can Volunteer, Too”
Categories: Apps, Citizen Science, Citizen Science News, Guest Contributor, Health
By Lea Shell, Dec 24, 2017
We are finally at the tipping point, the daylight is getting a little longer with each waning night. We have a chance to look upwards and savor the night sky and tell scientists what we can see of it. … Read more
Categories: Animals, Astronomy & Space, Birds, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Featured Projects
By Jenny Cutraro, Dec 21, 2017
I noticed the season’s first juncos hopping in my yard a few short weeks ago – an event I look forward to every year because I know their arrival here in New England means winter is on its way. And by “winter,” I mean, specifically, winter solstice – the longest night of the year, the … Read more “Time to Shift our Gaze Skyward”
Categories: Astronomy & Space, Birds, Citizen Science
By Darlene Cavalier, Dec 19, 2017
Make sure you’re on Santa’s “nice list” this year. Lend your hands, hearts and brains to science during these 12 days leading up to Christmas! … Read more
Categories: Citizen Science
