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SciStarter Blog Covering the people, projects and phenomena of citizen science Menu log in sign up Blog Home CitSciMonth Project Finder Podcast Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives Featured Opening Doors and Connecting People Worldwide: Remembering Mar Dixon By Caroline Nickerson, Mar 18, 2024 It’s a quiet, reflective time for us at SciStarter. This week, our founder, Darlene Cavalier, lost her younger sister, Mar Dixon. Mar Dixon was a self-described troublemaker for sectors who need a kick up the bum.” The SciStarter team loved working with her because she selflessly volunteered her time to help us make our outreach … Read more Opening Doors and Connecting People Worldwide: Remembering Mar Dixon” Categories: SciStarter News Featured SciStarter LIVE By Anna Funk, Aug 20, 2022 SciStarter LIVE is an informal web series, where we go LIVE and work through a citizen science project. You’ll have opportunities to hear from project leaders, get your questions answered, hang out with the SciStarter team and more. Just join us on Zoom or watch the live stream on SciStarter’s Facebook page. All events are recorded … Read more SciStarter LIVE” Categories:, Citizen Science , Citizen Science News , Education , Events , Featured Projects , Webinar , Workshops Soaring North: Monitoring and Protecting Migrating Song and Shore Birds By Caroline Nickerson, May 09, 2024 Shorebirds fly thousands of miles each year along ancient and largely unknown migratory routes called flyways. But their populations are crashing amidst climate change and urban development. Global Big Day, on May 11, is your opportunity to get involved during this momentous global migration and help scientists understand how bird populations are changing. Participate in … Read more Soaring North: Monitoring and Protecting Migrating Song and Shore Birds” Categories: Events , Newsletter Across the Finish Line! Citizen Science Month Final Days By Bob Hirshon, Apr 27, 2024 You did it! As of April 25, you’ve completed 1,017,253 acts of science, with five days still to go! But even though we’ve reached our target and April ends next week, we’re not skimping on fun citizen science activities! We’re focusing on medicine and public health, along with a big One Million Acts of Science … Read more Across the Finish Line! Citizen Science Month Final Days” Categories: Alzheimers , Animals , Citizen Science Month , Ecology & Environment , Girl Scouts , Global Citizen Science Month , libraries , Nature & Outdoors , webinar Citizen Science Month and #OneMillionActsOfScience Needs You! By Bob Hirshon, Apr 23, 2024 It’s a packed week, with Earth Day, Arbor Day, The City Nature Challenge and more! The last full week of Citizen Science Month is jam packed! It’s the week of Earth Day, Arbor Day, Noise Awareness Day, and the City Nature Challenge! Find a project and report your Act of Science here. Just creating a … Read more Citizen Science Month and #OneMillionActsOfScience Needs You!” Categories: Alzheimers , Citizen Science Month , Ecology & Environment , Environment , Featured Projects , Geology & Earth Sciences , Global Citizen Science Month , Nature & Outdoors , Newsletter , Other Highlights of Upcoming Week 3 of Citizen Science Month By Bob Hirshon, Apr 13, 2024 Next week, we celebrate the halfway point of Citizen Science Month! Join us for a 12- hour nonstop Palooza of Zooniverse Projects! Pick your favorite project and hop online with a SciStarter Team Member. The rest of the week, we count bats, chat with dolphins, observe the weather, and try a whole slew of projects supported … Read more Highlights of Upcoming Week 3 of Citizen Science Month” Categories: Calendar , Citizen Science Month , Ecology & Environment , Global Citizen Science Month , Nature & Outdoors , Webinar Do this now to (re)inspire participation in your project during Citizen Science Month (April)! By Emma Giles, Apr 10, 2024 April is Citizen Science Month, a chance to shine a bright light on the movement. This year, thanks to support from the National Library of Medicine, the Moore Foundation, Arizona State University, the American Association for Participatory Sciences and many partners, we’re activating One Million Acts of Science across your projects and others listed on SciStarter to … Read more Do this now to (re)inspire participation in your project during Citizen Science Month (April)!” Categories: Citizen Science Month The Sun Takes Center Stage for Citizen Science Month Week 2 By Bob Hirshon, Apr 04, 2024 The solar eclipse is the big event of the second week of Citizen Science Month, with activities for folks who will be in the eclipse path and also for those who aren’t. There are also other great citizen science activities, celebrating National Pet Day, National Library Week, and more! One Million Acts Of Science Challenge SciStarter … Read more The Sun Takes Center Stage for Citizen Science Month Week 2” Categories: Citizen Science Month , Environment , Global Citizen Science Month , Library , Nature & Outdoors , Newsletter Revolutionize health research with All of Us: Online and in-person events this April By Caroline Nickerson, Mar 29, 2024 Citizen science is a global movement that involves people from all walks of life in real science that matters to them. Each April and beyond, scientists, facilitators, citizen science project leaders, and many others host events and programs to invite more people to discover all the ways they can participate in research that needs their help. … Read more Revolutionize health research with All of Us: Online and in-person events this April” Categories: Citizen Science Month , Library Your Science Adventure(s) at Your Library By Tara Cox, Mar 27, 2024 Themes, projects, and resources to support citizen science in your Summer Reading Program. Our partners at the Collaborative Summer Library Program have determined Adventure Begins at Your Library™ as this year’s summer reading theme! Check out how citizen science and STEM programming can support your summer reading programming for children, teens, and adults. Engaging in … Read more Your Science Adventure(s) at Your Library” Categories: Other Citizen Science for Women’s History Month and Other March Events By Bob Hirshon, Mar 20, 2024 It’s Women’s History Month AND Citizen Science Month is nearly upon us. And that’s why we have Rosie the Robot urging everyone to roll up their sleeves and do their part by signing up for the One Million Acts of Science Challenge! If we all work together We Can Do It! Celebrate Maria Mitchell, awesome … Read more Citizen Science for Women’s History Month and Other March Events” Categories: Citizen Science Month , Environment , Global Citizen Science Month , Science Cheerleaders Posts navigation Page 1 Page 2 … Page 134 Next page Search for: Search What is SciStarter? SciStarter is the place to find, join, and contribute to science through more than 3,000 formal and informal research projects, events and tools. 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