Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Anne Toomey, Apr 01, 2011
What does it mean to think scientifically? If you asked me this question when I first moved back to New York three years ago, I’m quite positive I would have said something like, “What do I know? I’m not a scientist,” and pointed the questioner in the direction of the nearest pocket-protecting nerd in the … Read more “The importance of thinking scientifically”
Categories: Astronomy & Space, Biology, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Do-It-Yourself, Ecology & Environment, Physics, Science Education Standards
By Anne Toomey, Mar 09, 2011
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Categories: Animals, Astronomy & Space, Biology, Birds, Citizen Science, Do-It-Yourself, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Science Education Standards
By Anne Toomey, Feb 18, 2011
Ponder for a moment this quote written by Aldo Leopold in the late 1940s: “We can be ethical only in relation to something we can see, feel, understand, or otherwise have faith in.” Food for thought, especially if you are a citizen scientist like I am. And even more so if you are a citizen … Read more “How citizen science will save the planet”
Categories: Biology, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Science Education Standards, Science Policy
