Tag: Central Puget Sound

Surveying Seabirds of the Puget Sound this Holiday Season.

By Melinda T. Hough, Dec 25, 2013

If you’re looking for more projects for the holiday season, we’ve got 12 Days of Citizen Science for you! “On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me…” birds! Partridges, turtle doves, French hens, calling birds, golden rings (pheasants), geese and swans inhabit this festival folk classic celebrating food and merriment. Seabirds, … Read more “Surveying Seabirds of the Puget Sound this Holiday Season.”

Categories: Animals, Birds, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water

The Seattle Aquarium knows their citizen science

By John Ohab, Apr 02, 2010

You know an organization is serious about science when they dedicate 15 years to a research project. Well, that’s exactly what the Seattle Aquarium is doing with their citizen science program — a fifteen year program to characterize and study the habitats of seven Seattle-area beaches. At the heart of the program are teams of citizen science-trained high school … Read more “The Seattle Aquarium knows their citizen science”

Categories: Animals, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water, Science Education Standards