Category: Citizen Science
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Raptor Research Field Trip
Last winter when we volunteered with the Puget Sound Bird Observatory, we asked if there was anyone who did raptor banding, because Annika was so interested in birds of prey. We got connected with a local researcher, but weren’t able to go out with him last winter. We tried again this winter, and yesterday Ben…
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This One’s For the Birds
I think I’ve written before about Bird Sleuth, a website dedicated to helping teachers of the K-12 crowd teach about birds and related subjects. They recently updated their website, http://www.birdsleuth.org. Here you can learn about using bird watching to educate youngsters. Check out the kits you can purchase for leading groups of children and homeschoolers…
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Citizen Science Projects for Kids – Part 3
[This is the third in a series of posts describing citizen science projects that kids can be involved in. Read the first post here, about bird projects, and the second post here, about plants and other animals.] As I was researching projects to include in this series of articles, I came across an interesting website…
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Citizen Science Projects for Kids – Part 2
[This is the second in a multiple-part series about Citizen Science projects that children can be involved in. Read the first part, about bird projects kids can participate in, here. The third part, describing Zooniverse, is here.] Last time I put together a list of all kinds of bird research projects you and your family…
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Citizen Science Projects for Kids – Part 1
Over the years we’ve participated in several science projects that have produced actual data for actual scientific studies. These projects have been useful for supplementing our education, encouraging us to notice nature more closely, opening us to new experiences, and providing a conduit for wonder and further research. I’m putting together a 3-part series for…