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Citizen Science. What is citizen science?

Citizen Science

Science is our most reliable system of gaining new knowledge and citizen science is the public involvement in inquiry and discovery of new scientific knowledge. A citizen science project can involve one person or millions of people collaborating towards a common goal. Typically, public involvement is in data collection, analysis, or reporting. The fields that citizen science advances are diverse: ecology, astronomy, medicine, computer science, statistics, psychology, genetics, engineering and many more. The massive collaborations that can occur through citizen science allow investigations at continental and global scales and across decades--leading to discovery that a single scientist could never achieve on their own.

"Amateur science," "crowdsourced science," “volunteer monitoring,” and "public participation in scientific research" are also common aliases for citizen science. What is a citizen scientist? How can I get involved in citizen science projects? Scope. Citizen Science. What is a Citizen Naturalist?

Citizen Science

Citizen naturalists are people concerned about the environment who choose to help make a difference both locally and nationally. They spend time outside, observing nature with a critical lens. Anyone can be a citizen naturalist – all you need is a passion for nature and helping your community! Some examples of activities commonly performed by citizen naturalists: Cleaning up a local park or stream. Citizen Science Citizen science is where the public volunteers time to assist scientists in their research. Surgery. Surgical research evaluates technology-driven implanted or implantable medical devices, surgical procedures or surgical devices.

Surgery

For example, a pacemaker is an implantable medical device that supports people with heart problems Surgery research aims to improve surgery productivity and patient outcomes and may include: Comparing the effectiveness of new surgical procedures Studies looking at non-surgical ways of treating people compared to the effectiveness of using surgery Studies looking at quality and organisation of surgery Studies looking at new treatments alongside surgery that can help patient recovery. Citizen Science. Zooniverse - Real Science Online. Citizen Science Alliance.

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In class activities. Technology. Videos and songs edu. Picture prompts. Class reading. Henry Cavendish. A natural philosopher, the greatest experimental and theoretical English chemist and physicist of his age, Henry Cavendish (10 Oct. 1731 – 24 Feb. 1810) was distinguished for great accuracy and precision in researches into the composition of atmospheric air, the properties of different gases, the synthesis of water, the law governing electrical attraction and repulsion, and calculations of the density (and hence the weight) of the Earth.

Henry Cavendish

Early Life: Cavendish attended Cambridge University from 1749 to 1753, but left without a degree. He engrossed himself in scientific studies but did not bother to publish a number of his important discoveries as Cavendish was sociable only with his scientific friends. Even the only existing portrait of him was sketched secretly. He approached most of his investigations through quantitative measurements. Contributions and Achievements: Based on his results, one can calculate a value for G of 6.754 × 10? Galaxy Flashcards and Lesson. If your students can figure something out by themselves, let them.

Galaxy Flashcards and Lesson

Too often, teachers give a lecture and take all the fun out of the process of discovery. Teaching about Hubble's classification system for galaxies is a good example. Instead of giving the Galaxy Lecture or the Worksheet about galaxies, do this activity instead: 1. Give each small group a set of cards with photos of the different types of galaxies.

By the end of this lesson, your students show be able to identify the type of Galaxy when given a picture of a galaxy. NOTE: Email Marcia for a Dropbox download of my complete Galaxies Lesson! Make your own book ebook format or print. Balancing Chemical Equations. Famous Scientists - List and Biographies of Most Famous Scientists and Inventors in History.