Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
Press Release – Astronomy enthusiasts can join forces with researchers through a partnership between Astronomy magazine and SciStarter A “citizen science” movement is sweeping the country. Now, astronomy enthusiasts who want to collaborate with leading scientists can visit Astronomy.com to join cutting-edge research projects.
Categories: Astronomy & Space, SciStarter News
The Simons Foundation just awarded a grant to SciStarter that will enable more communities, media partners, and websites to duplicate its valuable “Project Finder” feature and database of projects on their own pages. SciStarter aggregates more than 1100 citizen science projects on a single website in order to connect scientists and community leaders with anyone who … Read more “Scistarter’s Project Finder Will Soon Be More Readily Available to Everyone to Guide Citizen Scientists to Pertinent Research Projects”
Categories: Citizen Science, SciStarter News
The National Science Foundation has just awarded a $300,000 Pathways grant to Arizona State University’s Center for Engagement and Training in Science and Society for the development of SciStarter 2.0. The grant will advance the growing field of citizen and community science, which enables everyday people to contribute to authentic research. SciStarter 2.0 Creates an … Read more “National Science Foundation Grant Enables Arizona State University to Develop SciStarter 2.0 to Advance Citizen Science”
Categories: Citizen Science, SciStarter News
The abundance of mobile technology puts citizen science at the tip of your fingers. Our editors have chosen 5 apps to get you started. Find many more apps and a thousand more projects in theSciStarter Project Finder. New! Now you can add citizen science events like meet ups, celebrations, citsci cafes, and more, … Read more “There’s a (citizen science) app for that!”
Categories: Apps, Newsletter
The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) is a unique, non-profit, community-based network of volunteers of all ages who measure and report precipitation using rain gauges that anyone can get and install. The data according to CoCoRaHS are used by the National Weather Service, meteorologists, hydrologists, emergency managers, city utilities, insurance adjusters, the U.S. … Read more “Join Hundreds of Schools Around the Country in Contributing Data During CoCoRaHS Rain Gauge Week!”
Categories: Citizen Science, Climate & Weather
Have you ever been interested in bird banding? If so, the San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (SFBBO) has the citizen science program for you. For over three decades, SFBBO’s mission has been to conserve birds and their habitats through science and outreach. One of our longest-running citizen science programs is our bird banding research … Read more “The (Citizen) Science of Bird Branding”
Categories: Animals, Birds, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
Photo: USFWS It’s back to school time, and our editors have served up seven super citizen science projects to excite your students throughout the school year. Find more classroom projects here! Check out the SciStarter blog for updates on your favorite projects and look for our Editor’s Weekly Picks for the classroom on the … Read more “We’re Going Back to School With Citizen Science!”
Categories: Citizen Science
This is a guest post by Monaca Noble, a biologist at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center’s Marina Invasions Laboratory. For the last 10 years, Ms. Noble has worked on issues related to the transport of marine species in ballast water and the introduced parasite Loxothylacus panopaei. This June, 49 enthusiastic volunteers came out to search … Read more “The Search for Zombie Crabs: The 2015 Chesapeake Bay Parasite Project”
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water
Researchers are trying to find out how your personality affects your dog’s behavior. Learn how you can participate in the largest citizen science project of its kind. by Kristin Butler When I adopted my dog Kia from a puppy rescue center three years ago, I became a member of a growing sub-culture of people who focus their … Read more “Does Your Personality Affect Your Dog? Here’s How You Can Find Out”
Categories: Citizen Science
Thank you, Lassie for saving my life! And thank you Rover, Spot, Fido, Benji, and Snoopy. We can all shout this refrain, not just those pulled from a burning building or comforted by slobbery kisses. Dogs may have saved the entire human race. Not recently, but back when our species was just starting out on … Read more “Coop’s Scoop: Citizen science to study your dog, because your dog studies you”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science
