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Dreaming Big about Citizen Science
Posted on: August 17, 2013
The California Academy of Sciences is thinking about citizen science at the highest institutional level. With a long history of supporting public participation in scientific research and running several citizen science […]
Promising Practices for Community Partnerships
Posted on: April 14, 2013
“How do we engage more diverse audiences?” If you and your program are asking this question, you are not alone. This question was heard again and again from educators and administrators […]
Promising Practices
Posted on: April 12, 2013
Promising Practices for Increasing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Citizen Science
Citizen Science Weekend
Posted on: January 23, 2013
Celebrate citizen science! Over the 2012-2013 winter break, the Museum of Discovery and Science shared CoCoRaHS, Project BudBurst, Project NestWatch, Galaxy Zoo, and other project activities in a family-focused Citizen Science […]
BudBurst Buddies at the New York Hall of Science
Posted on: November 7, 2012
How can pre-school aged children engage with citizen science? This is what Martin Weiss and Michaela Labriole wondered when planning the citizen science component of the Communicating Climate Change (C3) project at […]
Bark beetles and rainfall at the Arizona Science Center
Posted on: November 7, 2012
Students, by taking part in citizen science projects, can report valuable observations to help scientists better understand the impacts of climate change. To help students themselves see changes over time, and […]
An island ecosystem: Sword ferns at Chabot Space and Science Center
Posted on: March 7, 2012
Redwoods line the drive to the Chabot Space and Science Center, located in the hills of Oakland, California. These trees are an icon of Northern California, but this particular Oakland patch is […]
Citizen paleontology
Posted on: November 18, 2011
Fossils in Florida? Bones in a box? Blogger Lisa Gardiner shares stories of how the Denver Museum of Nature and Science and the Paleontological Research Institute in Ithaca, NY, are helping […]