Citizen Science Opportunities
Get involved in a citizen science project. There are many opportunities. Below are three examples.
1. Join the Smithsonian Environmental Research lab project on evaluating ancient climates by evaluating fossilized ginko tree leaves. (Training provided online and all the work is done via their website.) https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/laurasoul/fossil-atmospheres
2. Join Cornell’s citizen science program--If you enjoy watching birds, consider harnessing your passion for conservation, whether that be watching birds at your feeders, monitoring birds in the nest, or sharing your checklists through eBird. (Directions and sign up is via their website.) http://www.birds.cornell.edu/page.aspx?pid=1664
3. With a parent or guardian, join INATURALIST, https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/getting+started, to start recording plants and animals you see in your community.
4. CLUMPY-- The chloroplasts inside plant cells appear to "clump" together during bacterial infection; this can be devastating for plants and seriously compromise crop yields. We need your help to classify plant cell images by their "clumpiness" in order to further this research. Helping us to classify the images will give insights into the progression of bacterial infection in plant cells.
https://scistarter.com/project/643-Clumpy
5. Find a citizen science project of your choice by visiting: https://scistarter.com/finderscistarter.com/finder
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1. Join the Smithsonian Environmental Research lab project on evaluating ancient climates by evaluating fossilized ginko tree leaves. (Training provided online and all the work is done via their website.) https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/laurasoul/fossil-atmospheres
2. Join Cornell’s citizen science program--If you enjoy watching birds, consider harnessing your passion for conservation, whether that be watching birds at your feeders, monitoring birds in the nest, or sharing your checklists through eBird. (Directions and sign up is via their website.) http://www.birds.cornell.edu/page.aspx?pid=1664
3. With a parent or guardian, join INATURALIST, https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/getting+started, to start recording plants and animals you see in your community.
4. CLUMPY-- The chloroplasts inside plant cells appear to "clump" together during bacterial infection; this can be devastating for plants and seriously compromise crop yields. We need your help to classify plant cell images by their "clumpiness" in order to further this research. Helping us to classify the images will give insights into the progression of bacterial infection in plant cells.
https://scistarter.com/project/643-Clumpy
5. Find a citizen science project of your choice by visiting: https://scistarter.com/finderscistarter.com/finder
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What Are We Trying to Learn?By tracking changes in the types of organisms and how abundant different groups of organisms are, we can see how ecosystems are changing over time. We are particularly interested in how introducing new organisms to an area can change the numbers and types of other organisms in the fouling community. By doing surveys of bays through time, we can see how the types and abundances of the organisms change, and how different species interact with one another. It also gives us a chance to detect new invasive species before they become problematic.
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Please help us test a possible new Zooniverse project - Deep Lake Explorer
According to researchers, "The EPA’s National Coastal Condition Assessment collects underwater videos along Great Lakes coasts every five years. The videos provide valuable information about habitats and ecological communities in the Great Lakes." Citizen scientists, "...help scientists understand the extent of invasive species across the Great Lakes, and the associations between invasive species and different types of habitat. These results will be used to support decisions made for the management, restoration, and protection of the Great Lakes." |