Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
By Eva Lewandowski, Oct 26, 2015
Gayle Steffy’s fascination with butterflies started when she was thirteen. She found her first monarch caterpillar, brought it home and raised it to adulthood. She’s been hooked ever since, collecting data on monarchs years before joining any of the established monarch citizen science projects. Despite her early interest, which eventually led her to acquire a … Read more “Citizen Scientist Breaks New Ground In Monarch Research”
Categories: Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Project Profile
By Eva Lewandowski, Apr 01, 2015
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
By Eva Lewandowski, Mar 25, 2015
Here are six projects in need of your help as you walk the dog, work in your garden, clean the gutters, or do spring cleaning. And check out these new citizen science projects just added to the Project Finder on SciStarter. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Animals, Birds, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors
By Elizabeth Walter, May 01, 2011
As a child growing up in New Hampshire, I remember going with my mother to collect Monarch chrysalises for my science classes. We’d park off a nearby roadway, spy a patch of milkweed, and poke around until we found a chrysalis or two. During the next week or so, my classmates and I watched spellbound … Read more “May is the month to monitor Monarchs”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather, Ecology & Environment, Insects, Nature & Outdoors, Science Education Standards
