Citizen Science for OLLI
Below are all the links and resources for "Citizen Science: it’s More than Just Science!" presented by SMRC director Suzi Taylor to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the Museum of the Rockies on Feb. 12, 2024
MSU Science Math Resource Center
Books
- Citizen Science: How Ordinary People are Changing the Face of Discovery (Caren Cooper)
- Field Guide to Citizen Science: How you can contribute to scientific research and make a difference (Caren Cooper)
History of citizen science
- Crowd and the Cloud
- Great Tides Experiment – William Whewell
- NASA: Citizen Scientists of History
- Champlain Society
- Audubon Christmas Bird Count
- Participate locally - Sacajawea Audubon Society
Example Projects
NASA AEROKATS and ROVER Education Network
https://www.montana.edu/smrc/aren.html
- Kites – Into The Wind (Boulder, Colorado)
- Standard camera – GitUp (currently unavailable but other GoPro knock off cameras are)
- Mini camera – Spy Cam
- Instrument – Kestrel
- Mission Mapper
Geocaching
More projects
- Nature’s Notebook
- Sknowledge Collective
- Are You a Super Listener?
- Artigo
- Debris to Art
- Lingo Boingo
- The Maturity of Baby Sounds
- Stallcatchers (Alzheimer’s research)
- EyeWire (mapping the brain)
- The Microsetta Initiative (Gut health)
- Citizen readers: The lives of literary characters
- Postcards from Michigan’s Past
- World Gratitude Map
- Mission: Joy
Project databases
Local opportunities
- Indreland Audubon Wetland Preserve (photo monitoring near the village on East Main)
- Check out a kit from the MSU Library
- Adventure Scientists
- Yellowstone Forever
Other resources
- NASA Citizen Science
- CitizenScience.gov: Helping federal agencies accelerate innovation through public participation
- NOAA
- National Park Service
- Smithsonian
- Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences (formerly Citizen Science Association)
Citizen science for environmental justice
- Flint water crisis
- Balloon mapping the BP Oil Spill
- Air Quality Monitoring – Purple Air – see local conditions
The citizen science mindset
Answer these questions:
- What is something you love about your community?
- What is something you love about the PLACE where your community is located?
- What is a challenge that faces your community?
What else can you do?
- Quarterly newsletter from MSU: http://bit.ly/msu-citscinews
- Podcasts - https://scistarter.org/podcast (and others)
- April: Citizen Science Month
- 1 million acts of science
- Eclipse Soundscapes Observer (April 8)
- SMART FIRES Air Quality
Weds, Feb. 21, 2024 – What’s it mean to be cool? Do NASA Science Live!
https://scistarter.org/do-nasa-science-live-whats-it-mean-to-be-cool
Thank you!
Suzi Taylor
MSU Science Math Resource Center
(406) 994-2336