NDLI: Analyze & Design Projects: Citizen Science with Zooniverse

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Analyze & Design Projects: Citizen Science with Zooniverse

Content Provider	TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12
Author	Cain, Paul Glass, Yasche Nider, Jennifer Prakash, Sujatha Rice, Lori
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Students learn that ordinary citizens, including students like themselves, can make meaningful contributions to science through the concept of "citizen science." Student groups act as engineering teams to brainstorm projects ideas for their own town that could benefit from community help, then design conceptual interactive websites that could organize and support the projects. Students learn that ordinary citizens, including students like themselves, can make meaningful contributions to science through the concept of "citizen science." First, students learn some examples of ongoing citizen science projects that are common around the world, such as medical research, medication testing and donating idle computer time to perform scientific calculations. Then they explore Zooniverse, an interactive website that shows how research in areas from marine biology to astronomy leverage the power of the Internet to use the assistance of non-scientists to classify large amounts of data that is unclassifiable by machines for various reasons. To conclude, student groups act as engineering teams to brainstorm projects ideas for their own town that could benefit from community help, then design conceptual interactive websites that could organize and support the projects.
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Regents of The University of Colorado Kansas State University
Subject Keyword	Biology Earth and Space Life Science Science and Technology Citizen Citizen Scientist Non-scientist Citizen Science Project Zooniverse Technology Classification Galaxy Zoo Website Design Data Classification Crowd Science
Content Type	Text
Time Required	PT1H15M
Education Level	Class VI Class VII Class VIII
Pedagogy	Experimental Activity
Resource Type	Hands-on
Subject	Biology Structure of the Earth Technical

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