Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Arvind Suresh, Apr 14, 2016
April is YOUR month, citizen scientists! This is National Volunteer Week so get involved in a research project in need of your help. Find your favorite project on Serve.gov and AllForGood.org, now featuring SciStarter’s database of projects. Need another reason? Look no further thanSaturday, 4/16, Citizen Science Day! Events are scheduled around the world. We bet there’s one near you. Still … Read more “Celebrate National Volunteers Week and Earth Day with Citizen Science!”
Categories: Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Events, Newsletter
By Darlene Cavalier, Apr 13, 2016
You are invited! The Crowd & The Cloud, a public television series about citizen science, crowdsourcing and mobile tech, will be live at the U.S. Science & Engineering Festival this weekend to help celebrate Citizen Science Day (Sat., April 16th) in two important ways, both of which we invite you to participate in and share: … Read more “The Crowd & The Cloud, live at the U.S. Science & Engineering Festival”
Categories: Citizen Science, Events
By Arvind Suresh, Apr 09, 2016
The beauty of citizen science is the ability for non-professional researchers to get up close and personal with science. Think about all of your experiences collecting data from your backyard, analyzing images of spring online, and learning about new topics in science, have you heard from the scientists you’re helping? In our new series, “Conversations … Read more “Conversations in CitSci: Kay Havens of Project BudBurst”
Categories: Citizen Science, Nature & Outdoors, Project Profile
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 Editorial Team, Apr 06, 2016
Celebrate Citizen Science National Citizen Science Day kicks off April 16 and runs through May 21 with events scheduled around the world. We highlight five below. (Stay tuned for more featured events, including bioblitzes!) Find more on the SciStarter Events Page. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Citizen Science, Events, Newsletter, SciFests
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 Guest Contributor,
Follow a tree through its journey into spring! Citizen scientists can record budbursting, leafing and flowering with Track a Tree as seasons shift in the United Kingdom.
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Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Guest Contributor, Nature & Outdoors, Project Profile
By Editorial Team, Mar 22, 2016
Photo: CL Goforth Critter Tracking With spring weather upon us, many animals are on the move. Contribute your wildlife observations to advance scientific research. Learn how, below. Find projects from our pals in Ireland, Canada, the EU, and now, Australia through our brand new international partnership. Like citizen science, SciStarter is global. You can find more … Read more “Spring, Citizen Science and some Irish luck!”
Categories: Birds, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Insects, Nature & Outdoors, Newsletter
By Editorial Team, Mar 18, 2016
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? This question has engaged philosophers through the ages in discussions regarding observation and the knowledge of reality. Scientists in the PhenoCam Network are also interested in what goes on in forests when no one is around to observe … Read more “PhenoCam and Season Spotter: Using Digital Photography to Educate Youth and Advance Climate Change Science”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Project Profile
By Sharman Apt Russell, Mar 15, 2016
Help NASA understand clouds by reporting your observations with the citizen science project S'Cool
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Categories: Astronomy & Space, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Project Profile
