ED31D:
New Approaches to Citizen Science: Intersection of Outreach, Crowd-Sourced Data, and Scientific Research I Posters

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Session ID#: 22326

Session Description:
The traditional method of outreach to formal, informal, science and non-science audiences has undergone a fundamental change with recent advances in technology, social media and crowd-sourced data, giving way to citizen science with many applications, including the recent Total Solar Eclipse 2017, ground-based pro-am observer synergies for missions (e.g., ESA/Rosetta, NASA/Juno), and self-organized citizen campaigns. With increasing "Big Data" projects, active partnerships between professional, amateur and data scientist communities are necessary. Innovative design, sustainability and evaluation of these projects is as important as the citizen science they generate. This session invites papers from scientists, educators and as well as those who design, facilitate, evaluate or fund such programs. Topics may include applications of citizen science to enhancing outreach, transformative approaches to science education, and the future of citizen science. Presentations are invited from all scientific disciplines: astronomy, planetary and space science, geology,
geophysics, seismology, biogeoscience, atmosphere and ocean sciences.
Primary Convener:  Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher, Space Science Institute Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States
Conveners:  Rachel Freed, InStAR, Sonoma, CA, United States and Constance E Walker, NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, United States
Chairs:  Constance E Walker, NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, United States and Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher, Space Science Institute Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Padma A Yanamandra-Fisher, Space Science Institute Rancho Cucamonga, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, United States
Co-Organized with:
Education, and SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics

Cross-Listed:
  • P - Planetary Sciences
  • SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Index Terms:

0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
0855 Diversity [EDUCATION]
7509 Corona [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7594 Instruments and techniques [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Meteorite Fall Detection and Analysis via Weather Radar: Worldwide Potential for Citizen Science (286457)
Marc Fries, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, United States, Christopher Bresky, Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL, United States, Colleen Laird, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States, Vishnu Reddy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States and Michael Hankey, American Meteor Society, Geneseo, NY, United States
Disaster mitigation science for Earthquakes and Tsunamis -For resilience society against natural disasters- (263931)
YoshiYuki Kaneda1,2, Narumi Takahashi3,4, Takane Hori5, Katsuyoshi Kawaguchi4, Chikako Isouchi1 and Kazuhito Fujisawa1, (1)Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan, (2)JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan, (3)National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, Tsukuba, Japan, (4)JAMSTEC Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Kanagawa, Japan, (5)Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Yokohama, Japan
Citizen Science in the Digital Age: examples of Innovative Projects that are Saving Lives across the United States and Internationally. (275068)
Geoffrey Haines-Stiles, GHSPi/Passport to Knowledge, Upper Black Eddy, PA, United States, Waleed Abdalati, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States and Erna Akuginow, GHSPi/Passport to Knowledge, Jersey City, NJ, United States
“Know Your Well” A Groundwater Quality Project to Inform Students and Well-Owners (298805)
Christopher Olson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources, Lincoln, United States, Daniel Snow, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Water Science Laboratory, Lincoln, NE, United States, Ashok Samal, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Computer Science Engineering, Lincoln, NE, United States, Chittaranjan Ray, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nebraska Water Center, Lincoln, NE, United States and Matt Kreifels, State of Nebraska, Department of Education, Lincoln, NE, United States
Challenges and Opportunities for Using Crowd-Sourced Air Pollution Measurements for Education and Outreach (299866)
Charles O Stanier1, Can Dong2, Nathan J Janechek3, Nathan Bryngelson2, Paul Schultz4 and Michael Heimbinder5, (1)University of Iowa, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Iowa City, IA, United States, (2)University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States, (3)University of Iowa, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Iowa City, IA, United States, (4)Green Dubuque, Dubuque, IA, United States, (5)Habitmap, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Globe at Night Citizen Science: Reaching for the Stars (293270)
Constance E Walker, NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, United States and Stephen M Pompea, National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, AZ, United States
How Fit is Your Citizen Science Data? (242413)
Heather A Fischer, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, Leah R Gerber, Arizona State University, School of Life Sciences, Tempe, United States and Elizabeth A Wentz, Arizona State University, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Tempe, United States

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