2. What is Citizen Science?
Public participation in scientific research.
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3. Data Collection Projects
Intertidal RSPB Big Garden ebird.org
Biodiversity Survey Bird Watch
at Pillar Point
California Academy of 1979 2002
Sciences
Groups working event based ongoing
directly with
scientists.
local national international
Interaction with scientists
Volunteer Commitment
High Low
Engagement / Learning
Barrier to entry
4. Data Collection Projects
Intertidal RSPB Big Garden ebird.org
Biodiversity Survey Bird Watch
at Pillar Point
California Academy of 1979 2002
Sciences
Groups working event based ongoing
directly with
scientists.
local national international
Data Data
Hypothesis Interpretation Dissemination
Collection Analysis
5. Data Analysis Projects
Lowell Amateur Field Museum eyewire.org galaxyzoo.org
Research Leaf Project fold.it
Initiative
Working directly Education project game based task based
with scientists. that collected
measurements
Also data About to go online. online online
collection.
Data Data
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Collection Analysis
6. Things to Consider
• What is being done with the data my students
collect or analyse?
– A large fraction of citizen science projects do
nothing with the data they obtain.
• Do I care?
– http://www.projectnoah.org/
7. The Zooniverse
• A collection of projects
• Multiple disciplines
• Different tasks
– classification
– transcription
– marking
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8. The Zooniverse
• Forums and TALK
• Interactions with science teams
• Peer to peer mentoring and discussion
• Volunteers as co-authors
• Data collection becoming rare even for
salaried scientists. (Bat Detective)
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9. The Zooniverse in the Classroom
• Real data – sometimes it’s messy.
• Helping real scientists, not repeating
experiments.
• Exploring the world and the Universe.
• Discover a planet!
• Discover something we don’t expect!
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