Did you know that one of the major players in the field of citizen science is NASA? At the 2023 annual conference of the Citizen Science Association, NASA held a full day of workshops for project leaders working on their many citizen science projects. In this podcast, we learn about three of them, and also hear from NASA Citizen Science Officer Marc Kuchner. Projects and programs mentioned in this podcast include: Do NASA Science Live! SciStarter.org/NASA Citizen Science Association C*Sci 23 Cit...
Jun 29, 2023•24 min
Did you know that one of the major players in the field of citizen science is NASA? At the 2023 annual conference of the Citizen Science Association, NASA held a full day of workshops for project leaders working on their many citizen science projects. In this podcast, we learn about three of them, and also hear from NASA Citizen Science Officer Marc Kuchner. Projects and programs mentioned in this podcast include: Do NASA Science Live! SciStarter.org/NASA Citizen Science Association C*Sci 23 Cit...
Jun 29, 2023•24 min
In this special presentation, join All of Us Wisconsin and SciStarter to discuss diseases that impact our community and how you can help with the research. Researchers need your help to change the future of medicine. The All of Us Research Program is inviting one million people across the U.S. to help build one of the most diverse health databases in history. They welcome participants from all backgrounds, and researchers will use the data to learn how our biology, lifestyle, and environment aff...
Jun 14, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Únase a SciStarter, Globe Observer: CLOUDS y al programa de investigación All of Us para un evento en línea en español que celebra El Día del Idioma. El 23 de abril. fue establecido por el Departamento de Información Pública de la ONU en 2010, con el objetivo de "celebrar el multilingüismo y la diversidad cultural, así como promover el uso igualitario de los seis idiomas oficiales de trabajo en toda la organización"este día Fue determinado para celebrar El Día de el Idioma Español. SOBRE LOS SOC...
May 17, 2023•36 min
With any pursuit, there are casual dabblers and there are hardcore enthusiasts, and citizen science is no different. In this episode, we'll meet some serious citsci volunteers, some of whom have gone on to pursue full-time careers in science. Projects and websites mentioned in this episode are: Disk Detective Zooniverse Nature's Notebook National Phenology Network (NPN) USA American River Conservancy Journey North I See Change BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) AirCasting...
Apr 29, 2023•24 min
With any pursuit, there are casual dabblers and there are hardcore enthusiasts, and citizen science is no different. In this episode, we'll meet some serious citsci volunteers, some of whom have gone on to pursue full-time careers in science. Projects and websites mentioned in this episode are: Disk Detective Zooniverse Nature's Notebook National Phenology Network (NPN) USA American River Conservancy Journey North I See Change BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing) AirCasting...
Apr 26, 2023•24 min
The All of Us Research Program is inviting one million people across the U.S. to help build one of the most diverse health databases in history. They welcome participants from all backgrounds, and researchers will use the data to learn how our biology, lifestyle, and environment affect health. This can help researchers find ways to treat and prevent disease. In this podcast, we re-broadcast SciStarter's own Caroline Nickerson discussing All of Us Wisconsin on the radio show Men Making Health a P...
Apr 16, 2023•51 min
Amphibians all over the world are fighting for survival. Fortunately, citizen scientists like you can help them, especially if you live near streams and vernal pools where they breed each spring. Join conservation biologist Brian Gratwicke in reporting your amphibian sightings on the iNaturalist project The Global Amphibian Bioblitz. Also in this special podcast, learn how you can make your own vernal pool to provide breeding habitat to frogs and salamanders that lay eggs only in small, temporar...
Apr 03, 2023•12 min
Amphibians all over the world are fighting for survival. Fortunately, citizen scientists like you can help them, especially if you live near streams and vernal pools where they breed each spring. Join conservation biologist Brian Gratwicke in reporting your amphibian sightings on the iNaturalist project The Global Amphibian Bioblitz. Also in this special podcast, learn how you can make your own vernal pool to provide breeding habitat to frogs and salamanders that lay eggs only in small, temporar...
Apr 03, 2023•12 min
Amphibians all over the world are fighting for survival. Fortunately, citizen scientists like you can help them, especially if you live near streams and vernal pools where they breed each spring. (Photo: Brett Amy Thelen) (Correction: We incorrectly referred to Brett Amy Thelen as a herpetologist; she is a conservation biologist with expertise in amphibian conservation.) Projects and websites mentioned in this episode are: Salamander Crossing Brigades Harris Center for Conservation Education Her...
Mar 27, 2023•24 min
Amphibians all over the world are fighting for survival. Fortunately, citizen scientists like you can help them, especially if you live near streams and vernal pools where they breed each spring. (Photo: Brett Amy Thelen) (Correction: We incorrectly referred to Brett Amy Thelen as a herpetologist; she is a conservation biologist with expertise in amphibian conservation.) Projects and websites mentioned in this episode are: Salamander Crossing Brigades Harris Center for Conservation Education Her...
Mar 27, 2023•24 min
In this episode, we explore the romance of citizen science: how through citsci you can not only find birds, bugs, plants, and stars but also new friends and just maybe that special someone.
Feb 15, 2023•22 min
In this episode, we explore the romance of citizen science: how through citsci you can not only find birds, bugs, plants, and stars but also new friends and just maybe that special someone. Projects and websites mentioned in this podcast are: Globe At Night iNaturalist Library Telescope Project Science Near Me Never Home Alone Budburst Stall Catchers Health eHeart Great Backyard Bird Count
Feb 10, 2023•28 min
Whenever you're out frolicking in a winter wonderland, why not take a frolicking break every now and then to measure snow depth for your friends at the Community Snow Observations project? Your observations will help them verify data obtained from satellites and other remote sensing tools, and also fill in both spatial and temporal gaps in their datasets. Having a good handle on snow depth over space and time helps climate researchers, hydrologists, foresters and also specialists who track avala...
Jan 20, 2023•19 min
Join host Bob Hirshon, SciStarter founder Darlene Cavalier, Arizona State University's Deron Ash, Henry Reges from the weather watching project CoCoRaHS, and children's book author Susan Edwards Richmond for a special holiday podcast, featuring over a dozen great gift ideas for citizen science lovers! (Image: The crew of Expedition 46 decorated the International Space Station's Cupola module, a 360-degree series of windows that provides a stunning view of Earth for observations. Wikimedia, Publi...
Dec 05, 2022•31 min
Thousands of mycophiles took to the forest in October to document as many mushrooms as they could, as part of the first annual Great North American FungiQuest. In this podcast, we spoke with Robert Courteau, project creator and also founder of the non-profit group Think Fungi. Projects and other links relevant to this podcast are: The Great North American Fungi Quest ThinkFungi Mushroom Observer
Nov 16, 2022•17 min
With forests being wiped out worldwide by climate change, deforestation, pests and plagues, trees need all the help they can get. Pitch in by learning about citizen forestry and joining the citizen science projects featured in this episode. Girl Scout Tree Promise NASA GLOBE Observer: Trees TreeSnap Trees Please! Help the Girl Scouts and NASA/GLOBE Protect the Planet (Video)
Oct 07, 2022•31 min
This month we're heading back to school to see how teachers and even college professors are making citizen science a part of their classroom instruction. Projects and Websites mentioned in this podcast include: SciStarter Education Page Seek Education Project Squirrel iNaturalist GLOBE Observer: Trees Journey North Globe at Night Undergraduate Student Experiences with Citizen Science Network (USECitSci)
Sep 07, 2022•31 min
In this podcast episode, we celebrate National Dog Day (August 26th) with some canine citizen science. Scientists would like to learn about dog personalities and genetics; what traits help them perform well as service animals; and how environmental factors could affect their health. If you have a canine companion, you have the perfect lab partner! Projects featured in the podcast include: C-BARQ https://scistarter.org/c-barq-and-fe-barq Darwin's Ark https://scistarter.org/darwins-ark Also, check...
Aug 11, 2022•24 min
Beat the summer heat by taking a refreshing dip into an ocean of marine citizen science activities, including swimming with sharks, chatting with manatees and sleuthing out sea dragons. Projects featured in the podcast include: eShark (on the eOcean platform) Wildbook for Whale Sharks (from Wild.me) Manatee Chat
Jul 24, 2022•33 min
It's summer and there's a whole lot of pollinating going on. Learn about scientists' efforts to monitor important pollinators like bumblebees, monarch butterflies and hummingbirds, and how you can help. Projects featured in this podcast are: Bumble Bee Watch Journey North Monarch Larva Monitoring Project
Jul 01, 2022•26 min
Summertime blues? Not on our watch! In this Summer Fun podcast, learn how you can plate and serve an ant picnic fit for a queen; use spider webs as air quality monitors; and help make cities around the world more accessible by strolling their sidewalks (virtually), looking for cracks, potholes, and missing curb cuts that could stop a wheelchair, stroller or walker in its tracks. Projects and websites featured in this podcast are: Ant Picnic Discover Ants Project Sidewalk Spidey Senser
May 29, 2022•35 min
Yes, Benjamin Franklin was a founding father of the United States, helped draft the Declaration of Independence and was the first Postmaster General. But he was also an energetic citizen scientist (even though the word "scientist" didn't yet exist). He studied electricity, the Gulf Stream, refrigeration and meteorology, and he published his research. He even conducted experiments on using electricity to cook turkeys! Michael Madeja is Director of Education at the American Philosophical Society i...
Apr 20, 2022•13 min
It's spring, and the birds are back in town, so we're dedicating this episode of the SciStarter podcast to our avian neighbors. Get a peak into the secret world of woodpeckers, monitor the effects of climate change on birds, and learn how even city-dwellers can participate in bird research. Projects and websites featured in this podcast are: Woodpecker Cavity Cam Audubon's Climate Watch Celebrate Urban Birds
Apr 17, 2022•32 min
Burst out of your winter hibernation and into some exciting springtime citizen science fun with this special, pre-Citizen Science Month podcast. Learn about Nature's Notebook and ISeeChange, and get the latest on CitSci library kits that you and your family can borrow. Projects and websites featured in this podcast are: SciStarter Library Network SciStarter Event Calendar Foundations of Citizen Science Learning Module SciStarter Citizen Science Month Globe at Night Nature's Notebook ISeeChange
Mar 14, 2022•29 min
By donating your time, energy and, for one project, a saliva and blood sample, you can help researchers make life-saving medical discoveries. In this episode, we focus on three of the many health-related citizen science projects in the SciStarter database. Projects and websites featured in this podcast are: National Library of Medicine/ All of Us Mobile Health and Movement Assessment Outbreaks Near Me (formerly, COVID Near You)
Feb 10, 2022•30 min
In this episode of Citizen Science, we learn about citizen science projects sponsored by NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. We speak with NOAA staff in charge of sharing their vast data sets with the public, managing meteorological data, and running their program on earth magnetism. Projects featured in this podcast are: CoCoRaHS CrowdMag Find citizen science projects supported by your local science center or museum at SciStarter.org/NOAA
Jan 13, 2022•40 min
In this episode of Citizen Science, we share stories from citizen science volunteers about how they share citizen science with others, and about how they got involved in citizen science themselves. We speak with a school teacher in Texas, an astrophysics graduate student in India, a Girl Scout troop leader in Virginia and a college professor in Upstate New York. Projects discussed in this podcast: iNaturalist Ant Picnic Globe at Night Disk Detective Clean Water Hub Download a transcript of the e...
Nov 21, 2021•20 min
As a citizen scientist, you can help researchers explore the causes, effects and potential responses to global climate change and other environmental issues. And you can do it from home or out in the field! In this episode of Citizen Science: Stories of Science We Can Do Together, we explore six projects coming at the issue from six very different angles. Discover these and many other climate change-focused and environment-related citizen science volunteer opportunities through the SciStarter Pr...
Aug 27, 2021•1 hr 4 min
NASA offers an entire universe of citizen science projects, and at CitSciCon – the first-of-its-kind online event series that was hosted by the Citizen Science Association and SciStarter in May of 2021 – project leaders and volunteers from dozens of those projects shared their stories. Check out this podcast to hear some of those stories, and if you'd like to learn more and participate in the featured projects, visit SciStarter's NASA CitSciCon webpage (https://SciStarter.org/NASA). You'll find ...
Jul 01, 2021•26 min
