2. ARLENE ROSALINE MAY P. SAYANGCO
Write two words that come to your mind when you hear
the word
citizen science
3. Objectives:
1. Introduce and explain the concept of citizen science and community
engagement.
2. Explore the citizen science website.
3. Applying citizen science to the normal classroom setting.
6. introduction
Citizen science is gaining in
popularity, and a large body of
research now demonstrates its
applicability and role in advancing
scientific knowledge (Bonney et al.
2014; Kobori et al. 2016).
7. Three factors have been attributed to the growth of
citizen science over the past decade :
• Easily available technical tools for disseminating
information and gathering data (such as mobile
phone apps and citizen science websites)
• Recognition among professionals that the public
represent a source of skills, data and computational
power (Krasny & Bonney 2005)
• Citizen science is recognized as a tool to engage
the community in science (Bird et al. 2014)
9. 1. Citizen science projects actively involve
citizens in a scientific endeavor that generates
new knowledge or understanding. Citizens may
act as contributors, collaborators, or as project
leaders and have a meaningful role in the
project.
10. 2. Citizen science projects have a genuine
science outcome. For example, answering a
research question or informing conservation
action, management decisions, or environmental
policy.
11. 3. Both professional scientists and citizen
scientists benefit from taking part. Benefits may
include the publication of research outputs,
learning opportunities, personal enjoyment,
social benefits, satisfaction through contributing
to scientific evidence, for example, to address
local, national and international issues, and
through that, the potential to influence policy.
12. 4. Citizen scientists may, if they wish, participate
in multiple stages of the scientific process. This
may include developing the research question,
designing the method, gathering and analyzing
data, and communicating the results.
13. 5. Citizen scientists receive feedback from the
project. For example, how their data are being
used and what the research, policy, or societal
outcomes are.
14. 6. Citizen science is considered a research
approach like any other, with limitations and
biases that should be considered and controlled
for. However, unlike traditional research
approaches, citizen science provides an
opportunity for greater public engagement and
democratization of science.
15. 7. Citizen science project data and metadata are
made publicly available and where possible,
results are published in an open-access format.
Data sharing may occur during or after the
projects unless there are security or privacy
concerns that prevent this.
17. 9. Citizen science programs are evaluated for
their scientific output, data quality, participant
experience, and wider societal or policy impact.
18. 10. The leaders of citizen science projects take
into consideration legal and ethical issues
surrounding copyright, intellectual property,
data-sharing agreements, confidentiality,
attribution and the environmental impact of any
activities.
20. BENEFITS OF
ENGAGING
STUDENTS INTO
CITIZEN SCIENCE
• Increase student engagement
• Provide opportunity to engage
in authentic research
• Highlight the applied
relevance of activities
• Introduce students to the
principle of research
• create pathways for
understanding the inclusion of
science in life
22. • One approach that improves students’ interest
and understanding the lesson is through
seeing the connections between concepts and
context, is called context-based approach.
Context-based units that connect canonical
science with the real-world of the student’s
local community
24. The project aims to raise awareness about light pollution and
its impacts on communities. Students can report their night sky
brightness observations daily. All they need is a computer or
phone. This would be a great supplemental learning
experience to a broader PBL project on light pollution.
GLOBE AT NIGHT
INATURALIST
Students can pick a citizen science project in line with their interests such as
insects, mammals, migrating species, invasive species, and more.
What's really cool about this, is that it promotes communication and
collaboration with naturalists and research scientists. Community experts are
an important piece of the project-based learning experience.
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25. It focuses on plant observations. The intention of
the program is to understand human impact on
wildlife, particularly plants. One area of focus
right now is determining how plants are and will
continue to respond to climate change.
PROJECT
BUDBURST
PROJECT NOAH
Project Noah is another citizen science option
that emphasizes wildlife observation and inquiry.
This citizen science project specifically caught
my eye because students or classes can join a
mission already in place OR they can create
their own citizen science mission.
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26. 05 ZOONIVERSE
This resource is incredible. What's different about Zooniverse
compared to the other citizen science options mentioned so far
is that the projects cross disciplines. There are projects on
climate, history, literature, medicine, and even art, not just
natural science.
27. 07
SciStarter is similar to Zooniverse in that there
are a variety of citizen science projects available
to choose from AND students can create their
own. It is essentially a massive catalog of citizen
science projects, which includes far more than
natural science projects. Students can find
projects around human behavior, literature,
language, history, and even citizen science
projects around Covid-19.
SCISTARTER
WORLD WATER
MONITORING
CHALLENGE
This project is fantastic for raising awareness and
educating students on water issues across the globe.
Students monitor their local waterways by performing
water quality tests.
06
28. THE GREAT BACKYARD
BIRD COUNT
This project is fantastic for raising awareness and
educating students on water issues across the
globe. Students monitor their local waterways by
performing water quality tests.
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30. Citizen science can bridge this gap
because it offers the opportunity for
communities and people to
participate in science, rather than
simply to serve as recipients of
outreach efforts.
31. The most effective programs will
engage community members as active
participants in every aspect of the
scientific process: defining the
research questions, collecting and
analyzing the data, and translating
scientific insights into policy decisions
and actions. Such programs will also
connect scientific questions and
practices to community priorities,
32. PLAN FOR
CO-MANAGEMENT OF THE
PROJECT
• Align research and education with
community priorities
• Engage the community at every step
• Incorporate multiple kinds of knowledge
• Disseminate results widely
• Plan for co-management of the project
33. Let’s Answer!
FACT OF BLUFF
1. Citizen Science is a powerful tool to engage a
group of people or the community in learning
science.
34. Let’s Answer!
FACT OF BLUFF
2. Engaging students in citizen science will not
help them understand the relevance of it to
real-life.
35. Let’s Answer!
FACT OF BLUFF
3. Citizen Science can address local, national, and
international issues, and through that, the potential to
influence policy.
36. Let’s Answer!
FACT OF BLUFF
4. Citizen Science is like traditional research
approaches.
37. The Challenge
How are we going to integrate
citizen science into our normal
classroom setting?
38. CITATION:
Bouillion, Lisa, Gomez, Louis. 2001/10/01,878,898. Connecting school and
community with science learning: Real world problems and
school-community partnerships as contextual scaffolds. vl.38
10.1002/tea.1037 Journal of Research in Science Teaching.
Gray, S.A., Nicosia, K., & Jordan, R.C. (2012). Lesson Learned from Citizen
Science in the Classroom. Article 2. Available online at
http://democracyeducationjournal.org/home/vol20/iss1/2/.
Hitchcock, Colleen; Vance-Chalcraft, Heather and Aristeidou, Maria (2021).
39. CITATION:
King, Donna, Henderson, Senka. 2018/07/03. Context-based learning
in the middle years: achieving resonance between the real-world field
and environmental science concepts.
10.1080/09500693.2018.1470352
Rajul E Pandya. A framework for engaging diverse communities in
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