Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
Earth Day is April 22 and Arbor Day (in the USA) is April 24! Just about every one of the 1,000 projects featured on SciStarter contributes to a better planet but here five projects you can do to participate in research about trees, just about anywhere on Earth. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
Wednesday, April 22 9:00am – 12:00pm Excite Center 3401 Market St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 In partnership with Drexel University’s Center for Science, Technology & Society and the ExCITe Center, this event will workshop digital projects and their platforms to improve accessibility and empower citizen scientists.SciStarter.com is a Philly start-up with international reach featuring 1,000 citizen … Read more “SciStarter and Citizen Science at Philly Tech Week and the Philadelphia Science Festival!”
Categories: Citizen Science, Events
Thisi a guest post by Aaron Pomerantz, a version of which originally appeared on the author’s website The Next Gen Scientist. Search through hundreds of citizen science projects on SciStarter to find one that gets you buzzing! A recent study has revealed thirty species that are new to science living in the bustling city of Los … Read more “Citizen Science Helps Discover Thirty New Species Where You Would Least Expect It”
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Nature & Outdoors
My name is Hined Rafeh, and I’m a first year graduate student at Drexel University studying Science, Technology, and Society. I am interested in studying citizen science and mixing it up with project owners, participants and everyone in between. I hope to meet you and other members of the SciStarter community at some of the … Read more “Meet the Spring interns!”
Categories: Citizen Science
by Aditi Joshi Are you a resident of the northern US or Canada? You can help scientists to spot amphibians! Welcome Spring! As the temperature rises, the beauty of spring unfolds: snow melts, flowers bloom, and birds begin to chirp. In the amphibian world, spring marks the beginning of breeding activities. Among amphibians, wood frogs … Read more “‘Snapshots in Time’: Spotting a Spotted Salamander”
Categories: Amphibians, Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
Microbes are germs and they are everywhere! Most are good for you. Some are not. Learning more about microbes (where they live, how they behave) can teach us more about their influence on diseases, cures, and our entire ecosystem. Here are five microbial citizen science projects you can do now. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Health, Newsletter
Saturday, April 18 12-4 pm at the Cambridge, MA Free Library Come join the SciStarter team at the Cambridge, MA Science Festival and get involved in citizen science projects to monitor water and air quality, capture and track bees infested by zombie flies, build low-cost instruments for your own research, and more. Meet the Science … Read more “Citizen Science at the Cambridge Science Festival!”
Categories: Events
Editors Note: This post by SciStarter contributor Eva Lewandowski describes her experiences with citizen scientists from the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project, which was featured in our recent Spring themed newsletter. Check out the rest of the projects on that list here. The Monarch Larva Monitoring Project is also one of more than 800 citizen science … Read more “Monarch Larva Monitoring Project Helps Citizen Scientists Build Connections to Nature”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
Interested in more spring themed citizen science projects? Check out the ones the SciStarter team has handpicked for you here! Or use SciStarter’s project finder to find one that piques your curiosity! In 1998 Tim Sparks, a research biologist at Britain’s Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Cambridge started a pilot project designed to record … Read more “Is Climate Change Causing the Seasons to Change? Citizen Scientists in the UK Help Find Out with Nature’s Calendar”
Categories: Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
This guest post by Sharman Apt Russel describes a citizen science experience with the the project, Nature’s Notebook featured on our recent Spring themed newsletter. Check out the rest of the projects on that list here. Nature’s Notebook is also one of more than 800 citizen science projects on SciStarter. Use our project finder to find … Read more “Nature’s Notebook: Through the Eyes of a Citizen Scientist”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
