Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
These projects are sure to go viral! Flu activity is expected to increase in the coming weeks. What can you do about it? For starters, get your flu vaccine (the CDC recommends an annual flu vaccine for everyone 6 months of age and older). Then, get involved in our editors’ list of citizen science projects designed to study viruses and … Read more “5 Citizen Science Projects to Keep You Healthy!”
Categories: Citizen Science, Health, Newsletter
Editors Note: This is a guest post by Gwen Ottinger, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Center for Science, Technology, and Society at Drexel University. She has done extensive research on community-based air monitoring and community-industry relations around oil refineries. She is author of Refining Expertise: How Responsible Engineers Subvert Environmental Justice Challenges (NYU Press … Read more “Groundbreaking Air Quality Study Demonstrates the Power of Citizen Science”
Categories: CitSci Research, Ecology & Environment
Can’t get enough creepy crawlies? Check out our Halloween themed citizen science projects handpicked from SciStarter’s project database! The humble earthworm. Familiar and easy to forget, except perhaps after a rainy day, these benign wriggly creatures are undeniable environmental do-gooders, gently tilling the soil beneath our feet. They are the crux to a health ecosystem. … Read more “Tracking Rogue Earthworms With Citizen Science”
Categories: Citizen Science
In August, we shared information about NASA’s Asteroid Initiative and Cooperative Agreement with ECAST (Expert and Citizen Assessment of Science and Technology), to enable everyday citizens to have a say in the future of space exploration. How does the online citizens’ forum work? Two in-person deliberations will take place on 11/8 in Phoenix, AZ at Arizona … Read more “Two days left to apply to participate online! Informing NASA’s Asteroid Initiative: A Citizen Forum”
Categories: Citizen Science, Physics
Editor’s Note: This post is part of our Citizen Science in the Classroom Series where we explore the use of citizen science projects to teach science in the classroom by aligning them with Common Core and Next Generation STEM standards . For more such projects check out the resources page for educators on SciStarter! Did … Read more “Halloween Citizen Science in the Classroom: Answer the Bat Call!”
Categories: Animals, Bats, Biology, Citizen Science, Science Education Standards
Love Creepy Crawlies? Check out our Halloween Picks! Editors Note: This post was written by Aditi Joshi, a freelance science writer and a new contributor at SciStarter As a kid, I avoided houses that had spider decorations during Halloween. Even today, I find spiders scary. Spiders add an extra ounce of spookiness to Halloween. Spiders … Read more “Citizen Science in the Rocky Mountains – Celebrate Halloween with the Colorado Spider Survey”
Categories: Citizen Science, Insects, Nature & Outdoors
Zombees and spiders and bats, Oh MY! Drag your bones over, give these projects a TRY! Happy Halloween! From the SciStarter team. Here are five projects to put a smile on your skull. Want a free SciStarter Tshirt? Take our quick survey before Tuesday, 10/21! (Update: Limited Quantities Available!) Loss of the Night Bring Citizen … Read more “Five Halloween Treats for Citizen Scientists”
Categories: Citizen Science
The Knight Foundation today announced the latest winners of its Knight Prototype Fund. Eighteen projects will receive $35,000 to help them bring their concepts closer to fruition and one of the 18 projects is ours: SciStarter ‘s project will connect data journalists and researchers with citizen scientists who are interested in helping them collect data about … Read more “SciStarter among 18 winners of Knight Prototype Fund!”
Categories: In the News
In our latest newsletter we’ve picked citizen science projects where you can collaborate with scientists and use sounds and radio waves to track environmental health, understand our solar system, and even search for extraterrestrial intelligence. And don’t forget to tune into NPR/WHYY’s Citizen Science radio series, produced in partnership with SciStarter. And without further ado, here’s science you … Read more “The Sound of Science! 5 Citizen Science Projects That Need Your Ears”
Categories: Citizen Science
Listen. Let’s get one thing straight: I am an unabashed public radio nerd. So, when citizen science and public radio come together, I am nothing short of ecstatic. But it’s not just my public radio nerdiness for its own sake. Rather, this convergence speaks to a larger narrative (for me, at least) — that of … Read more “Citizen Science on the Radio”
Categories: Citizen Science, In the News
