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03/19/2021

Check out this cool, easy citizen science opportunity! Download the app Cicada Safari to map your cicada observations and help scientists learn more about Brood X, which only emerges once every 17 years.

07/13/2020

FieldScope provides citizen scientists of all ages and backgrounds with the means to explore and improve their community by collecting and analyzing data, and sharing observations and stories with community members and policy makers.

05/13/2020

For participants in our Citizens Restoring American Chestnuts citizen science project...

FieldScope provides citizen scientists of all ages and backgrounds with the means to explore and improve their community by collecting and analyzing data, and sharing observations and stories with community members and policy makers.

05/07/2020

We're making our NOAA B-WET Wave of Plastic project available online.
Visit https://www.umces.edu/waveofplastic to check it out and learn more!

Of the plastic waste collected in 2015, only 9% was recycled. Wave of Plastic Lesson 1 explores per-capita consumption. Discover how personal choices regarding the use & disposal of materials either contribute to or reduces plastic waste. Student Workbook: http://ow.ly/uNkK50ztfUK

05/06/2020

A lot of our projects entail working with classroom teachers. We'd like to give a shout out to them and all the other amazing educators out there who are working so hard not only to educate their students, but to totally restyle their teaching methods to meaningfully reach students at home during this pandemic. Thank you for all you do! You're rockstars!

05/03/2020

EDIT: The app is no longer free; it costs $4.99.

Check out this free app! It’s great for our teacher friends encouraging students to explore steams and creeks, as well as our nature-loving friends who are interested in learning more about the critters they come across.

The app allows educators, citizen scientists, and creek enthusiasts to learn about water quality and identify aquatic invertebrates with a user-friendly suite of tools.

04/24/2020

Guess what?! It's Science Friday! A citizen science project we work with, Zooniverse, will be featured on today's show at 2PM ET.
They'll discuss how the public is helping researchers discover planets around distant stars, track antibiotic resistance, transcribe ancient texts, tag wild animals, and much more through the world's largest platform for online citizen science, Zooniverse. (You can participate in these projects too!)

All you need to participate is the internet. Dr. Laura Trouille, The Adler Planetarium’s VP of Citizen Science and co-Lead for Zooniverse will join for ~10 minutes.

Links:

The Zoom livestream link: https://zoom.us/j/300165049

SciFri Events page: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/citizen-science-parties/

Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/218757166048004/

Citizen Science master page: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/citizen-science-month-science-friday/

Here's the Live event blurb: Can’t decide which citizen science project to get started with? You don’t have to—for the last full week of April, Citizen Science Month, Science Friday is hosting four days of livestreams with Zooniverse, the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research:


Monday, April 27 – Planet Four: Take a virtual trip to Mars’ south pole! Help planetary scientists learn about the seasons on the red planet—and learn how to make your own Martian landscapes at home.


Tuesday, April 28 – Anti-Slavery Manuscripts: Do you have trouble identifying a handwritten “F” from an “S”? So do computers—join us to start training your brain for this important project that is working to make historical anti-slavery artifacts from the Boston Library accessible for global research.


Wednesday, April 29 – The University of Wyoming Raccoon Project: These “trash pandas” have been training all year, and it’s time to crown the Raccoon Superlatives! Who do you think deserves to win Most Athletic, Best Dressed, and Teacher’s Pet?


Thursday, April 30 – Bash the Bug: Become a Basher! Use your pattern-matching skills to help fight antibiotic resistance and Tuberculosis with a few clicks.

It's Citizen Science Month, and Science Friday is an official partner to help you become a part of the community! Join us for our livestream series.

04/22/2020

Happy Earth Day!!
A great way to celebrate Earth Day is to join a citizen science project that you can do near your home or even in your own backyard. What is citizen science you ask? Volunteers, just like you, participate in science research.

Our Public Engagement at the Center team leads and supports many cool citizen science efforts.

- Do you like to take evening walks and listen to the beautiful calls of frogs? Check out FrogWatch USA! https://www.aza.org/frogwatch

- Do you have a bird feeder and love to observe your bird visitors? Check out Project FeederWatch ! https://feederwatch.org/

- Do you enjoy watching how plants or animals change through the seasons? Check out USA - National Phenology Network 's Nature’s Notebook! https://www.usanpn.org/natures_notebook

LIKE our page to get more tips, news and fun ideas!

04/16/2020

A learning opportunity for our fellow educators...
"COVID-19, Future Disruptions and Teaching for Turbulence" webinar on Tuesday, April 21, from 1p-2p. Register here: https://gradprograms.goucher.edu/register/?id=d983a7a8-8745-4b35-922e-7abdd59198d9&fbclid=IwAR1eLdidQlPlixn4skkhThLyWAFDcX1wimlDVKFE5X1_FIOzHZy6rP4lZZQ.

"The sustainability community has warned individuals of pandemics, disasters, conflicts, and other looming disruptions for decades. While our current coronavirus crisis is tragic, it should not have taken us by surprise.

Join sustainability researcher Erik Assadourian for a webinar that explores the sustainability challenges just over the horizon and how we can, and must, redesign education to prepare future leaders to handle the societal challenges ahead.

Erik Assadourian is an independent sustainability researcher, author, and adjunct professor at Goucher College. He was co-director of five Worldwatch Institute State of World reports, including "Redefining Global Security," "Is Sustainability Still Possible?," and "EarthEd: Rethinking Education on a Changing Planet."

For questions about this webinar, please contact Whitney Lhotsky at [email protected]."

04/14/2020

The Maryland Association for Environmental and Outdoor Education (MAEOE) "Home-Based Environmental Education Resources (teachers, parents and guardians)" page has a growing list of great resources you may find useful as you integrate environmental education into your lessons: https://maeoe.org/resource-library/home-based-environmental-education-resources.

04/07/2020

There's an online seminar today, Tuesday, 4/7, at 5p-6:30 re: online learning about climate solutions and climate justice in Maryland that you all might be interested in.

Here's the link to the meeting: https://zoom.us/j/565574956.

Here's the link to register (not sure if required, but enables you to access recording if you can't attend): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1xol2rSs1EeVaWIAXmstVi64TI3YLR_qabw_lGVtvd0A/viewform?edit_requested=true

Here's the link to the meeting info flyer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ekIDRonWh7LEVap4-PUjZAlUCjg6kwkpzweZRhwJLeQ/edit.

04/06/2020

Kudos to the guardians and teachers who are working together to educate students remotely! Tackling the basics - science, math, reading and art - can be challenging; and environmental education may seem like an extra burden on an already heavy load. However, environmental education is a great way to incorporate all the subjects you need to teach with the added benefit of time outside (if you can safely manage it!). We would like to support your efforts by providing links to some resources from reliable environmental education lessons that you might find helpful as you navigate this new territory. Check these out, and don't hesitate to message us if you need additional specific ideas or support. Stay well!

Maryland Agricultural Education Foundation's (MAEF) "What Will I do with My Kids for Two Weeks?!" Video Series Resource Page! - https://expeditionscience.weebly.com/

Howard County Conservancy's Nature Activities - https://www.howardnature.org/nature-scavenger-hunt/