Coop’s Scoop: Citizen Science in Schools

For several decades, citizen science has advanced research agendas while propelling informal science education outside the classroom. Citizen science has also been a means of civic engagement and flexing the muscles of citizenship. In recent years there has been interest … Continue reading »

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Coop’s Citizen Sci Scoop: The nine simultaneous lives of cats

Discover Magazine’s September print edition featured an infographic called “20 Things You Didn’t Know About Cats.” Felines seem to lead elusive, mysterious lives. Fortunately, the citizen science project Cat Tracker allows you to track your cat beyond what we can

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I love this … "Dr. Eleanor’s Book of Common Ants" based in part on citizen science data

This is really cool:  Dr. Eleanor's Book of Common Ants.  Free to download.  With incredible pics from Alex Wild.  And based in part on data from the School of Ants citizen science project.  You can download the PDF or the iBook from iTunes.  From the folks at "Your Wild Life" including Holly Menninger and Rob Dunn and others.  Definitely worth checking out.