Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Bob Hirshon, Oct 18, 2020
Just in time for Halloween, here are our picks for citizen science projects that will help ward off primal fears, conspiracy theories and creature phobias. The cure for fear is knowledge, so let science light the way! … Read more
Categories: Events, Newsletter
By Patricia Balbon, Oct 31, 2019
Gordon, David George. The Sasquatch Seeker’s Field Manual: Using Citizen Science to Uncover North America’s Most Elusive Creature. Mountaineers Books, 2015. 176 pages. Paperback US$12.26. It’s late, and you’re seeking shelter for the night after a long hike. Something’s lurking among the shadows; pungent wafts of musk barrage your nostrils. In the soft mud, you … Read more “Book Review: Seeking the Sasquatch”
Categories: Book Review, Nature & Outdoors
By Bob Hirshon, Oct 28, 2019
If you are faint of heart, read no further! For these projects are so creepy and spooky and altogether ooky that merely glancing at them could lead to serious sensations of ickiness and dread! What? Still reading? Okay. But don’t say we didn’t warn you… Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Animals, Bats, Biology, book, EarthSchool, Insects, Newsletter
By Lea Shell, Oct 20, 2018
Zombees and spiders and bats, Oh MY! Drag your bones over, give these a TRY! Our editors selected these six projects to enchant, haunt, and amaze you this Halloween! Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Bats, Citizen Science, Education, Featured Projects, Insects, Newsletter, videos
By Katherine Ball, Oct 18, 2018
It’s alive! The first time Mary Shelley introduced Dr. Frankenstein’s lab in her 1818 novel, she described it as “a solitary chamber, or rather cell, at the top of the house… I kept my workshop of filthy creation… The dissecting room and the slaughter-house furnished many of my materials.” Two hundred years later, researchers at … Read more “Frankenstein Outside the Castle”
Categories: Citizen Science, Citizen Science News, EarthSchool, Education, Featured Projects, Gaming, Project Profile
By Sarah Newman, Oct 28, 2017
Treat yourself with citizen science this Halloween. Take a stroll through a pumpkin patch to look for insects or spend a night under the stars watching bats. Staying indoors? Map craters on the moon for NASA! Grab a few sweets from the candy dish and scroll through our editor’s picks below. You’re sure to find … Read more “Spooktacular Citizen Science”
Categories: Apps, Astronomy & Space, Bats, Featured Projects
By Eva Lewandowski, Oct 27, 2016
Are you looking for something to make you shudder this Halloween? You can skip the scary movies and the frightening costumes. We’ve got projects that are creepy, slimy, scary, and above all else fun! Below, we’ve highlighted five spooky projects to help you celebrate Halloween. Find more with the Scistarter Project Finder. Cheers! The SciStarter … Read more “Celebrate Halloween with SciStarter”
Categories: Bats, Citizen Science, Newsletter
By Jill Nugent, Oct 31, 2014
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
By Jenna Lang, Oct 10, 2013
Drag your bones on over to our favorite, spooky research projects just in time for Halloween. Where is my Spider? Share your photos of spiders. When we understand where spiders are living today, we will be better able to predict what may happen to spiders and agriculture in the future. Get started! Zombee Watch … Read more “Bats, Bones, Zombees! Five macabre citizen science projects for Halloween.”
Categories: Animals, Astronomy & Space, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Insects, Nature & Outdoors
By Lily Bui, Sep 27, 2012
While Hallow’s Eve has you captivated by the curios, be sure to stay curious too! With these citizen science projects, it’s all treat, no tricks. … Read more
Categories: Animals, Archeology, Astronomy & Space, Biology, Citizen Science, Physics