Citizen Science Projects
What is citizen science? Citizen Science (CS), also known as crowd-sourced science, is when members of the general public help with the collection and analysis of data relating to the natural world, to meaningfully contribute to scientific research as well as to increase in the public's understanding of science. By participating in citizen science projects teachers can help students critically analyze the way that scientists collect data, enter data, and make sense of what they find. This helps understand how the scientific method is applied in the real world.
Theses citizen science projects are organized by their related BioSTEAM projects to inspire our designs, but can also be accessed independently to explore fun citizen science projects. They are a unique way to go outside and connect with nature. We learn to quietly observe, document and in the process, get inspired. This page contains a collection of curated citizen science projects that we have tested out and highly recommend.