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This spotlight explores how data collected by non-scientists can be used by scientists. The USA National Phenology Network is an…
This spotlight explores how data collected by non-scientists can be used by scientists. The USA National Phenology Network is an organization that creates a database of non-scientists’ data about plants...
This spotlight features one of the citizen science projects people can join, the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project. In the 1990s,…
This spotlight features one of the citizen science projects people can join, the Monarch Larva Monitoring Project. In the 1990s, researchers at the University of Minnesota decided to use citizen...
This spotlight outlines some ways to incorporate citizen science in the classroom, including advice from Victoria Houser, a Forest Service…
This spotlight outlines some ways to incorporate citizen science in the classroom, including advice from Victoria Houser, a Forest Service Recreation Staff Officer: “I have worked to develop citizen science...
Woodsy Owl wants you to Lend a Hand, Care for the Land! Help him out by engaging in a citizen…
Woodsy Owl wants you to Lend a Hand, Care for the Land! Help him out by engaging in a citizen science project. This resource provides a list of ongoing citizen...
After reading the Citizen Science edition of Natural Inquirer, test your knowledge with a crossword puzzle.
After reading the Citizen Science edition of Natural Inquirer, test your knowledge with a crossword puzzle.
Can you imagine observing, recording, and reporting the weather every single day? That is what Richard G. Hendrickson did—for 85…
Can you imagine observing, recording, and reporting the weather every single day? That is what Richard G. Hendrickson did—for 85 years! Read more about his work with the National Weather...
Test your understanding after reading the Citizen Science edition of Natural Inquirer. Each image is taken from an article in…
Test your understanding after reading the Citizen Science edition of Natural Inquirer. Each image is taken from an article in the journal. Explain what each of the images represents. You...
After reading “SPLAT!,” see if you can complete this eyeChallenge. Each of the following images represents something from the article.…
After reading “SPLAT!,” see if you can complete this eyeChallenge. Each of the following images represents something from the article. Explain what each of these images represents. You may write...
Examine the map of streams and rivers where young salmon live. Count the streams and rivers and find which ones…
Examine the map of streams and rivers where young salmon live. Count the streams and rivers and find which ones would be good places for young salmon to live.
Natural Inquirer Readers for students in grades K-2 focus on a scientist and their research. In this Reader, students meet…
Natural Inquirer Readers for students in grades K-2 focus on a scientist and their research. In this Reader, students meet Dr. Becky Flitcroft who studies Coho salmon.