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opmlConference Session Announcement: Citizen Science in the Geosciences
This announcement was sent by Sandra Henderson of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. AGU is the American Geophysical Union; the meeting is in San Francisco on December 10-14. Hello Colleagues, I'd like to take this opportunity to...
All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory (ATBI) for Great Smoky Mountains National Park is an attempt to catalog all of the species found within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Scientists and volunteers are collaborating and expect to find over 10...
The Unintended Consequences of Citizen Science
I'm interested in gathering stories about the unintended consequences of citizen science...stories that show why participating in these projects has value beyond the data. I touched on some of this in the poster I did for the recent citizen scienc...
Great Lakes Worm Watch
Did you know that earthworms are not native to the Great Lakes region? Glaciers left the area worm-free over 10,000 years ago, and the worms found there now are mostly exotics native to Europe, brought by settlers. AND these exotics...
Reflections on the Citizen Science Conference
Reflections on the Citizen Science Conference I really enjoyed the conference. I got the chance to meet some really wonderful people and learned that there are countless cases of citizen science happening, on a number of different fronts. It was...
Notes from Working Groups at the Citizen Science Toolkit Conference
The mornings and afternoons at the conference were mostly structured like this: A half-hour opening talk, followed by three or four 15-minute focus talks, and then a 90-minute breakout discussion session in our working groups. In the working group...
Citizen Science Toolkit Conference
Attending the Citizen Science Toolkit Conference was an amazing experience. It was a lot of fun to be with such a smart, energetic group of people for three and a half days at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. There are...
Web Tools for Citizen Science Organizations
While at the conference, it's become clear that a directory of cool web tools might be helpful. Here's a number of free and low-cost tools available online that can be helpful for citizen science groups, especially for building community. Please...
Last Grownup in the Woods: Lessons From MAKE
I'm here in Ithaca to attend the Citizen Science Toolkit Conference hosted by the venerable Cornell Lab of Ornithology. In just a couple of hours, I'll be heading over to the lab and getting a chance to visit Sapsucker Woods...
New Social Network for Citizen Scientists
I'm happy to announce a new social network for citizen scientists using Crowd Vine, social networking software created by my friend, Tony Stubblebine. It's my hope that the social network will be a tool for people to get visability as...
Citizen Science Flickr Pool
I've been working on some community features for the CitizenSci.com web site, and here's the first one: the Citizen Science Projects Flickr pool! Add your photos to the pool so we can check out your projects or see you and...
Puffin Stuff
Unusual numbers of Horned Puffins, usually found nesting in the arctic during this time of year, are being noticed along the California Coast. The folks at eBird have put out a call for a special count of Horned Puffins for...
Resources for Educators
Recently I've gotten two questions from educators who would like to get involved with citizen science projects or environmental web sites. I thought I'd post them here and ask for recommendations from readers. The first question comes from Christo...
Earth Alive
Earth Alive is another citizen science phenology project, this one by the Aldo Leopold Nature Center. It looks like this project is geared more for classrooms, although anyone can participate; it has a simplified interface and suggests emailing ob...
Project Budburst
Phenology is the study of when things happen in nature...what day of year do flowers of a specific tree begin to bloom, or when do the swallows return. Long term phenology studies may be the best source of evidence for...
