News
- Science Content Writer, California Academy of Sciences
- The Digital Learning Department at the California Academy of Sciences seeks a Science Content Writer for research, curriculum, and content development. No closing date posted.
- Bumble Bee Conservation
- The Xerces Society is investigating bumble bees in decline with help from observers sharing photographs and location information.
- Deadline extended for abstracts and scholarships
- Due to popular demand, May 15th, 2012, is the new deadline for abstracts and scholarship applications for the PPSR 2012 Conference in Portland, OR.
- Conference, books, grants, workshops
- A few of the exciting offerings in the field at the moment.
- Barcoding Life's Matrix
- Engaging students as citizen scientists in the International Barcode of Life project
- DNABarcodingAssistant
- An app to capture data in the field, describing specimens for biodiversity studies.
- Continuing Education Coordinator, COASST
- The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) at the University of Washington seeks a Continuing Education Coordinator. Position open until filled.
- Conference on Public Participation in Scientific Research
- Announcement of a landmark conference on PPSR in Portland, Oregon, August 4th-5th, 2012.
- Call for abstracts, scholarship applications
- Now open: registration, as well as a call for poster abstracts and scholarship applications for the 2012 Conference on Public Participation in Scientific Research.
- Education-related opportunities
- Current items of interest for educators, education researchers, and education innovators.
- 2012 Citizen science meetings
- Diverse and exciting opportunities to network and collaborate this year to advance the field of citizen science.
- Discussion forum
- Share your thoughts and learn from others in conversations aimed to advance this field.
- Conferences, workshops, symposia...
- Find or share a conference where you can meet others working in this field.
- i,scientist students publish in Royal Society
- Novel research on bee behavior, conducted by youth, just published by the Royal Society.
- Allergies, plant phenology, and climate change
- Projects integrate data sets to show that earlier allergy symptoms coincide with earlier pollen release.
- Assessing data collection skills?
- Your work to assess data accuracy can help promote best practices in citizen science.
- CitizenScience.org is on Twitter!
- EList update 5 OCT 2011: News happens faster than bi-weekly emails. Follow CitizenScience.org on Twitter!
- Nature's Notebook
- A national plant and animal phenology observation program.
- Cross-disciplinary conversations
- Citizen science prominently discussed in several recent conferences.
- Professional Development, Citizen Science and Informal Science Education
- The Association of Science-Technology Centers offers three free workshops for ISE professionals.
