Citizen scientist

Think Like a Citizen Scientist is one of the newer STEM Journies GSUSA put out in the last few years. This post is an attempt to summarize the lengthy VTK plans into an easy-to-read quick resource. Once you have decided to lead the Journey at a particular level, I highly recommend reviewing the VTK plans and their talking points. I also recommend going to the GSUSA store and downloading the (at this writing) free packet for this Journey. It does the best job of explaining the TAP process of…

A Scientist's Guide to Citizen Science: The wonderful rouzejp was kind enough to translate this guide into French. Read it here! Le merveilleux rouzejp a eu la gentillesse de traduire ce guide en français. Lisez-le ici! Citizen science is all the rage right now, as it should be! However…

Get involved in real life science projects with these hands-on opportunities available to kids & families to do at home or in a classroom!

A new Think Like a Citizen Scientist Girl Scouts journey was released this morning in collaboration with SciStarter as part of the Girl Scouts of USA's announcement that it is adding 23 new badges related to science, technology, engineering, math and the outdoors. Girl Scouts can now earn badges through activities like programming robots, citizen

Curious how you can become a citizen scientist? Discover 20 ways to help save the planet and get involved as a citizen scientist.

Interested in taking your family's connection to nature to the next level? Check out these opportunities to participate in Citizen Science: a way for anyone of any age or ability level to participate in data collection for real science about the natural world. Whether you want to help save a species, enlist experts to help you identify plants and animals, provide data for real science, provide your child or students with a meaningful educational experience, or simply engage your tech-savvy…

A self-paced online guide to applying nature’s lessons to design challenges.

Calling all Citizen Scientists! There are so many projects for your Daisy to to do to earn the Think Like a Citizen Scientist badge! Image from jcmanheimer from Pixabay *This post contains affiliate links. What is a Citizen Scientist? According to the National Geograhic website: Citizen science is the practice of public participation and collaboration in scientific research to increase scientific knowledge. Through citizen science, people share and contribute to data monitoring and…

When scientists conduct a study, they have to gather vast amounts of data. You can help by observing nature in your own backyard, recording what you see, and submitting it for inclusion in a project. Read on for 5 opportunities to be a citizen scientist now on Gardener’s Path. #citizenscience #gardening #gardenerspath

GrrlScientist: Today, I share a list of what I consider to be the best nature books of the year, hoping that you’ll find lots of interesting and unusual ideas for all the naturalists on your holiday gift-giving list!