Citizen science is a great way for anyone and everyone to get involved in contributing to the advancement of science for the benefit of all. Citizen science has involved amateur astronomers using their own telescopes helping NASA to explore images of the planet Jupiter, to being involved in nature projects, such as ‘big butterfly count’ from the BBC.
NASA:
Get Involved: NASA Solve. Accessed March 17, 2020 from here.
JunoCam Jupiter project. NASA JunoCam. Accessed March 17, from here.
BBC: Do Something Great. BBC Citizen science. Accessed March 17, 2020 from here.
To learn more about the history of citizen science , please see the EU-Citizen.Science website here:
https://eu-citizen.science/resource/142
In a way, we are all scientists from childhood. We are constantly exploring our environment testing hypotheses: touching this, smelling that, looking at things, listening to sounds, communicating, learning what is safe and applying that knowledge for our survival. Citizen scientists are motivated individuals and groups who don’t want to be led into a future, they actively want to shape it through their interests in a variety of topics and scientific fields.
From SciStarter citizen scientists “are curious or concerned people who collaborate with professional scientists in ways that advance scientific research on topics they care about.
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Best way to show the important contribution of citizen science is through Caren Cooper’s 2017 TEDx talk:
“Science is not just for scientists.” There are ways that everyone can be involved and contribute.
Caren Cooper Author of “Citizen Science: How Ordinary People Are Changing the Face of Discovery.” She is Associate Professor in Forestry & Environmental Resources at NC State; in the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program in Leadership in Public Science; and runs “Sparrow Swap” citizen science through her lab at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences.
Link to TEDx talk
Yes. Citizen science projects are free for citizen scientists to participate. Their participation is voluntary.You can take an informal education online course (MOOC).
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