Citizen Scientists - 03/02/21 04:42 PM
Possibly of interest to gifted adults... also to children for field trips, high school students looking for a project, or college students seeking an interesting individual or group activity: myriad opportunities to participate in citizen science.
There are several groups which seek to coordinate efforts, or volunteers may contact a project directly, in an area of their interest.
https://www.citizenscience.gov/
https://www.citizenscience.org/
Citizen science gathers anecdotal evidence: observations and experiences.
Just a few examples:
bird count -
https://www.birdcount.org/participate/ ,
https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/citizen-science-be-part-of-something-bigger/
nasa -
emerald ash borer (Walter D. Koenig, et al, 2013) -
https://www.fs.fed.us/nrs/pubs/jrnl/2013/nrs_2013_koenig_002.pdf
projects (Hiromi Korobi, et al, 2015) -
mentions scientific value of the data, data quality, reliability, accuracy, peer-reviewed scientific articles and publications, and that the data provided may be used to inform resource management and strategy -
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11284-015-1314-y
There are several groups which seek to coordinate efforts, or volunteers may contact a project directly, in an area of their interest.
https://www.citizenscience.gov/
https://www.citizenscience.org/
Citizen science gathers anecdotal evidence: observations and experiences.
Just a few examples:
bird count -
https:/
https:/
nasa -
emerald ash borer (Walter D. Koenig, et al, 2013) -
https:/
projects (Hiromi Korobi, et al, 2015) -
mentions scientific value of the data, data quality, reliability, accuracy, peer-reviewed scientific articles and publications, and that the data provided may be used to inform resource management and strategy -
https:/