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Tapping Into the Power of the Crowd to Ensure Safe Drinking Water for All
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Turtle Conservation and Citizen Science: A Winning Combination for Your Classroom
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Connect students to the natural world by studying the impact of invasive species in your neck of the woods.
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Using Citizen Science to Engage Preservice Elementary Educators in Scientific Fieldwork
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Preservice elementary teachers’ lack of confidence in teaching science is an ongoing concern. Only 29% of elementary teachers in the field felt “very well prepared to teach life science,” according to the National…
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Gauging Rainfall With CoCoRaHS
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Archive: Science Update: Citizen Science in Your Classrooms, March 10, 2022
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Join Darlene Cavalier, Arizona State University/SciStarter, and Tara Cox, National Girls Collaborative Project/SciStarter, to learn about citizen science, a movement that enables people from all walks of life…
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The Development of the Next Generation Science Standards
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The Development of the Next Generation Science Standards An NSTA Background Paper Writers of Science for All Americans (AAAS 1989) were the first to clearly define the “understandings and ways of thinking [that] are essential for all citizens in a world shaped by science and technology.”…
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Citizen Science: 15 Lessons That Bring Biology to Life, 6-12 (e-book)
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“Observing the life cycle of monarch butterflies and following their remarkable migratory journeys between Canada, the United States, and Mexico … “Tracking climate change by recording the dates of first leaf,…
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This resource collection focuses on Citizen Science efforts for elementary school students. The practice of Citizen Science allows students to engage in authentic scientific work in their community and contribute to…
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Students need opportunities to apply what they are learning to new situations and to experience what scientists actually do. But it’s a challenge to design and conduct authentic activities with real-life…