ED54A:
Citizen Science Showcase: Strategies to Engage Citizens and Students in Research II


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Session ID#: 59339

Session Description:
Many experiments could be strengthened by larger datasets or require datasets with large geospatial distributions, and some questions can only be explored with large datasets that are beyond the scale of institution-bound researchers.  Involving citizens and students in building of instruments and the collection of data has been shown to increase interest and the perceived value of STEM research.  Citizen science case study contributions are sought that share successful efforts at scaling engagement and lessons learned.  Insights shared should include next steps and benefit others trying to (re) design citizen science projects or adapt experiments to include citizen/student science contributions.
Primary Convener:  Laura Lukes, University of British Columbia, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Conveners:  William Liles, George Mason University (alumni), Fairfax, United States, K.C. Kerby-Patel, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States and Jill Nelson, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Laura Lukes, University of British Columbia, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Chairs:  Laura Lukes, University of British Columbia, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada and William Liles, George Mason University (alumni), Fairfax, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Laura Lukes, University of British Columbia, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Cross-Listed:
  • PA - Public Affairs
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
  • SM - SPA-Magnetospheric Physics
Index Terms:

0810 Post-secondary education [EDUCATION]
0815 Informal education [EDUCATION]
6999 General or miscellaneous [RADIO SCIENCE]
7999 General or miscellaneous [SPACE WEATHER]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Citizen Science Online Behaviors (460472)
Pamela Gay1, Nancy Graziano2, Susan Murph1, Anna Glushko1,3 and CosmoQuest Team, (1)Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Edwardsville, IL, United States, (2)Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA, United States, (3)Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, United States
Citizen Scientists of the Aburrá Valley: the results of an education, communication, and science strategy. (460682)
María Alejandra Parra1, Daniel Gómez2, Daniela Garcia2, Carlos Andres Alzate2, Laura Herrera3 and Carlos David Hoyos Ortiz4,5, (1)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, (2)Sistema de Alerta Temprana de Medellín y el Valle de Aburrá SIATA, Medellín, Colombia, (3)Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin, Medellin, Colombia, (4)Sistema de Alerta Temprana del Valle de Aburra (SIATA);Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Departamento de Geociencias y Medio Ambiente/Geoscience and Environment Department, Medellín, Colombia, (5)Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín, Departamento de Geociencias y Medio Ambiente / Geoscience and Environment Department, Medellín, Colombia
Global citizen science using the GLOBE Program (462374)
Tony Murphy, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, The GLOBE Program, Boulder, CO, United States, Holli Riebeek Kohl, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, United States, John Daniel Ristvey Jr, UCAR Community Programs, Boulder, CO, United States, Lin H Chambers, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Jennifer Bourgeault, University of New Hampshire, Leitzel Center, Durham, United States
A template for Research in Schools projects: Evaluation, Impact and Good Practice (351125)
Martin Owain Archer, Imperial College London, London, SW7, United Kingdom
Engaging Undergraduate and Graduate students with GO Mosquito Habitat Mapper Citizen Scientists of All Ages (422515)
Rebecca A Boger, CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, United States and Russanne Low, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Arlington, United States
Bay Drift: Understanding Ocean Pollution Transport through Community Collaboration (Invited) (449708)
Laura Bracken, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States

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