Citizen Science

Citizen Science

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Citizen Science episodes

  • Sensations of Summer- AUDIO PODCAST

    SciStarter S5E6 Info and Credits


    Every season has its own unique sights, sounds and other sensations. In this episode of the SciStarter podcast, we look at fireflies, listen to cicadas, feel the ocean waves and extend our senses beyond the bounds of our planet.

     

    Music: 

    Pharmacy Party

    Steven Combs


    Theme E

    Steven Combs and Delta Is


    SciStarter Theme:

    Podcast Theme

    Kevin Hartnell

    15 min
  • Bees, Turtles and Tampons

    In this episode, we learn about efforts to discover

    flower/bee partnerships, an app for monitoring the populations and distribution of turtles and other reptiles, and a new water quality testing technique that
    uses cotton tampons.

    Projects and websites included in this podcast:

    Ask A Bumblebee

    Bees In Your Backyard

    HerpMapper

    What The Herp?

    David M. Carroll

    iNaturalist

    Seek by iNaturalist

    Tampling: Optical Brightener Water Quality Sampling

    Image Credits (all public domain, except where noted):

    Green Sea Turtle Hatchling

    Pete Leary/USFWS

    https://flic.kr/p/2pzRDd3


    Galearis spectabilis, Showy Orchis

    Helen Lowe Metzman

    https://flic.kr/p/VSQspD

     

    Micranthes virginiensis, Early saxifrage

    Helen Lowe Metzman

    https://flic.kr/p/XpVyfo

     

    Echinacea purpurea, Coneflower

    Helen Lowe Metzman

    https://flic.kr/p/NDE3qc

     

    Green-fringed orchid

    Helen Lowe Metzman

    https://flic.kr/p/2hWNCyv

     

    Cercis, Redbud

    Helen Lowe Metzman

    https://flic.kr/p/27ipYfq

     

    Yellow Corydalis

    Helen Lowe Metzman

    https://flic.kr/p/McNQTa

     

    Honey bees in yellow pumpkin flower

    Credit: Kirsten Strough/USDA

    https://flic.kr/p/2maRLeD

     

    Rusty Patched Bumblebee

    Credit: Sarah Warner/USFWS

    https://flic.kr/p/We58Uu

     

    Backyard Bees of North America poster

    BeesInYourBackyard.com

     

    Sam Droege at desk

    https://www.usgs.gov/media/videos/usgs-native-bee-inventory-and-monitoring-lab-eastern-ecological-science-center

    USGS Media

     

    Floating fuzzy bumblebee and flower

    James Johnstone

    https://flic.kr/p/2adZcpU

    CC BY 2.0 DEED

    Attribution 2.0 Generic


    Eastern Box Turtle

    Shendandoah National Park

    https://flic.kr/p/fC5iYg

     

    Tampling images and video

    Kelly Albus, Ben Hendrickson, Desiree Jackson, and Miranda

    Waite

     

    SciStarter Theme:

    Podcast Theme

    Kevin Hartnell


    Additional Music:

    Mess

    Steven Combs


    The Confluence

    Gagmesharkoff

    17 min
  • Solar Eclipse, Citizen Science Month and More

    In this episode of the SciStarter podcast, we recap Citizen

    Science Month, the April solar eclipse, learn about a new episode of the Wild
    Hope video series on rewilding landscapes, building vernal pools, and an
    unusual fish that swims ashore to mate.
    Projects and resources featured include:

    Project FeederWatch

     

    iNaturalist


    Squirrel Mapper


    Project Squirrel


    Stall Catchers


    Wild Hope


    NASA Eclipse Debrief


    Project Budburst


    Journey North


    Bumble Bee Watch

     

    Ask A Bumble Bee


    Grunion Greeters


    Credits:

     

    Grunion video:

    Michael Murrie, Pepperdine University

     

    Podcast Theme

    Kevin Hartnell

     

    Additional Music:

    Mess

    Steven Combs

     

    Pharmacy Party

    Steven Combs

    24 min
  • One Million Acts of Science

    March is Women’s History Month AND we’re just days away from Citizen Science Month. And that’s why we have Rosie the Robot urging everyone to roll up their sleeves and do their part by signing up for the One Million Acts of Science Challenge! If we all work together We Can Do It!

    Projects Mentioned:

    Citizen Science Month

    Dolphin Chat

    Manatee Chat

    Instant Wild

    Project Sidewalk

    Monkey Health Explorer

    Citizen and Community Science Library Network

    Wild Hope

    HHMI Tangled Bank Studios


    20 min
  • The Romance of Citizen Science

    In February, we explore the romance of citizen science. Through your passion for science you can find not only birds, bugs and stars, but also new friends and just maybe

    that special someone.

    Projectsmentioned in this podcast include:

    Budburst

    https://scistarter.org/budburst

    The Great

    Backyard Bird Count

    https://scistarter.org/the-great-backyard-bird-count

    Do NASA Science

    Live

    https://scistarter.org/nasa-live

    Mountain Rain or

    Snow

    https://scistarter.org/mountain-rain-or-snow

    Fresh Eyes On

    Ice

    https://scistarter.org/fresh-eyes-on-ice

    GLOBE Observer–

    Land Cover

    https://scistarter.org/globe-observer-land-cover

    Backyard Worlds:

    Cool Neighbors

    https://scistarter.org/backyard-worlds-cool-neighbors

    The SunGrazer

    Project

    https://scistarter.org/the-sungrazer-project

    Message from

    Kristi Yamaguchi

    https://youtu.be/GRJbRNzR9-I?si=ft9PB1U9pPt91ZUi

    Valentine’s Day Dating Advice from Caroline Nickerson

    https://youtube.com/shorts/QwQWBmyOfeM?si=AH8k1ZA1UoH3bWEv

    Podcast Theme by Kevin Hartnell

    ttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Hartnell/CC_BY-SA_40/Kevin_Hartnell_-_CC_BY-SA_40_-_09_Podcast_Theme/

    18 min
  • The Romance of Citizen Science
    In February, we explore the romance of citizen science. Through your passion for science you can find not only birds, bugs and stars, but also new friends and just maybe that special someone.
    Projects mentioned in this podcast include:
    Budburst
    https://scistarter.org/budburst
    The Great Backyard Bird Count
    https://scistarter.org/the-great-backyard-bird-count
    Do NASA Science Live
    https://scistarter.org/nasa-live
    Mountain Rain or Snow
    https://scistarter.org/mountain-rain-or-snow
    Fresh Eyes On Ice
    https://scistarter.org/fresh-eyes-on-ice
    GLOBE Observer– Land Cover
    https://scistarter.org/globe-observer-land-cover
    Backyard Worlds: Cool Neighbors
    https://scistarter.org/backyard-worlds-cool-neighbors
    The SunGrazer Project
    https://scistarter.org/the-sungrazer-project
    Message from Kristi Yamaguchi
    https://youtu.be/GRJbRNzR9-I?si=ft9PB1U9pPt91ZUi
    Valentine’s Day Dating Advice from Caroline Nickerson
    https://youtube.com/shorts/QwQWBmyOfeM?si=AH8k1ZA1UoH3bWEv
    Podcast Theme by Kevin Hartnell
    ttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Hartnell/CC_BY-SA_40/Kevin_Hartnell_-_CC_BY-SA_40_-_09_Podcast_Theme/
    18 min
  • Squirrely Citizen Science (VIDEO)
    Squirrels are fun, fascinating and sometimes infuriating, and also the focus of some amazing citizen science. Learn more about them in this episode of SciStarter's Citizen Science Podcast!
    Projects and Websites mentioned in this podcast are:
    Squirrel Mapper
    Project Squirrel
    Seek
    iNaturalist
    Zooniverse
    Citizen Science Month: One Million Acts of Science
    Macauley Library’s Best Bird Photos of 2024
    HamSCI
    Project FRESH Air
    Schools’ Air Quality Monitoring for Health and Education (SAMHE) 
    AirCasting
    Drug Sniffing Squirrels video
    Podcast Theme by Kevin Hartnell
    23 min
  • Squirrely Citizen Science
    Squirrels are fun, fascinating and sometimes infuriating, and also the focus of some amazing citizen science. Learn more about them in this episode of SciStarter's Citizen Science Podcast!
     
    Projects and Websites mentioned in this podcast are:
    Squirrel Mapper
    https://scistarter.org/squirrelmapper
    Project Squirrel
    https://scistarter.org/project-squirrel
    Seek
    https://www.inaturalist.org/pages/seek_app
    iNaturalist
    https://www.inaturalist.org/
    Zooniverse
    https://www.zooniverse.org/
    Citizen Science Month: One Million Acts of Science
    https://scistarter.org/citizensciencemonth
    Macauley Library’s Best Bird Photos of 2024
    https://www.allaboutbirds.org/news/macaulay-librarys-best-bird-photos-2024/?__hstc=161696355.15fcc8de350a1a8b773b79c5eed9a2d0.1705541103104.1705541103104.1705541103104.1&__hssc=161696355.1.1705541103104&__hsfp=1354570303&_gl=1*1m8wr2z*_ga*MTkzODQ4MDM0Mi4xNzA1MzY3MjIw*_ga_QR4NVXZ8BM*MTcwNTU0MTEwMS4xLjAuMTcwNTU0MTEwMS42MC4wLjA.&_ga=2.11040432.529497690.1705541102-1938480342.1705367220
    HamSCI
    https://hamsci.org/
    Project FRESH Air
    http://www.hollerlab.com/fresh-air.html
    Schools’ Air Quality Monitoring for Health and Education (SAMHE) https://www.sei.org/projects/samhe/#:~:text=The%20SAMHE%20research%20team%EF%BB%BF,with%20temperature%20and%20relative%20humidity
    AirCasting
    https://scistarter.org/aircasting
    Drug Sniffing Squirrels video
    https://youtu.be/RY-dyiv5TR0?si=AjcX9ObPV9iCaNwL
     
    Podcast Theme by Kevin Hartnell https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_Hartnell/CC_BY-SA_40/Kevin_Hartnell_-_CC_BY-SA_40_-_09_Podcast_Theme/
    21 min
  • TreeSnap Interview With Co-Creator Ellen Crocker (VIDEO)
    You can help researchers find and save endangered trees! In this interview, Ellen Crocker, co-creator of TreeSnap, discusses the purpose and use of this tree locator app.
    Projects and websites mentioned in this podcast:
    TreeSnap
    iNaturalist
    American Chestnut Foundation
    Podcast Theme by Kevin Hartnell
     
    Image Credits:
    American Chestnut
    Photo Credit: Bob MacInnes, via Flickr Creative Commons
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
     
    American Elm
    Photo Credit: Katya Schulz, via Flickr Creative Commons
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
     
     
    Ash Tree
    Photo Credit: Ron Mader, via Flickr Creative Commons
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
     
    Chinese Chestnut
    Photo Credit: F.D. Richards, via Flickr Creative Commons
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
     
     
    Chinese Chestnut Tree
    Photo Credit: F.D. Richards, via Flickr Creative Commons
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
     
     
    Japanese Chestnut
    Photo Credit: Harum.koh, via Flickr Creative Commons
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
     
     
    Butternut
    Photo Credit: Cdanna2003, via Flickr Creative Commons
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
     
     
    Pacific Madrone
    Photo Credit: brewbooks, via Flickr Creative Commons
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
     
     
    Oregon Ash
    Photo Credit: born1945, via Flickr Creative Commons
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
     
     
    Pinyon Pine
    Photo Credit: Joshua Tree National Park, via Flickr Creative Commons
    Public Domain
     
     
    Torreya taxafolia
    Photo Credit: Malcom Manners, via Flickr Creative Commons
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
     
     
    Torreya taxafolia grove
    Photo Credit: Malcom Manners, via Flickr Creative Commons
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
    11 min
  • TreeSnap Interview with Co-Creator Ellen Crocker
    You can help researchers find and save endangered trees! In this interview, Ellen Crocker, co-creator of TreeSnap, discusses the purpose and use of this tree locator app.
    Projects and websites mentioned in this podcast:
    TreeSnap 
    iNaturalist
    American Chestnut Foundation
    Podcast Theme by Kevin Hartnell
    11 min

About Citizen Science

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Citizen Science, a podcast from SciStarter, spotlights the many ways communities are exploring and changing the world around them through public participation in science.