Partnerships between science centers and citizen science projects can result in both better science and deeper learning.... learn how! This is the second in a series of workshop slideshows on integrating citizen science into informal science education programming.
5. Research outcomes:
documenting range shifts
(Bonter et al. unpublished data)
identifying potential mismatches
(Batalden et al. 2007)
identifying vulnerable species
(Crimmins et al 2008, 2009)
health planning
(Levetin and Van de Water 2008)
anticipating effects on water sources
(e.g., CoCoRaHS)
7. Learning outcomes:
engage critical thinking
(Trumbull et al 2000)
science learning, bonding
(Kountoupes and Oberhauser 2008)
environmental action; social networks
(Overdevest et al. 2004)
social capital
(Ballard 2008)
improved policy
(Wing et al. 2008)
8. Science
centers
can help make
the science
better!
(why you shouldn’t be shy about contacting an
existing project about partnering!)
16. (we’ve got the
scoop on this! )
Center for the Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE)
Inquiry Group Report:
Public Participation in Scientific Research: Defining the Field
and Assessing its Potential for Informal Science Education
(Bonney et al. 2009)
26. Environmental
activities
A powerful integration of science
and learning.
27. Environmental
Values and activities Recording
perspectives
Experience( Information
internal) (external)
Interpretation Empowerment
Decision
making
(Adapted from Lawrence 2009)
30. Photo credits:
Project FeederWatch, www.nestwatch.org
Monarch Larvae Monitoring Project, www.mlmp.org
Steve Wing, Community Health Effects of Industrial Hog Operations
eBird, www.ebird.org
Shermans Creek Watershed Monitoring Program, www.shermanscreek.org
On Flickr: spooky05, sierraclub, deapeajay, abigailwoods, sierraclub
Resources:
Bonney, R., H. Ballard, R. Jordan, E. McCallie, T. Phillips, J. Shirk, and C. Wilderman. 2009. Public Participation in
Scientific Research: Defining the Field and Assessing Its Potential for Informal Science Education. A CAISE Inquiry
Group Report. Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE), Washington, D.C. Online
Shirk, J. L., H. L. Ballard, C. C. Wilderman, T. Phillips, A. Wiggins, R. Jordan, E. McCallie, M. Minarchek, B. V.
Lewenstein, M. E. Krasny, and R. Bonney. 2012. Public participation in scientific research: A framework for
deliberate design. Ecol. Soc. Ecology and Society 17(2):29.http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol17/iss2/art29/
Lawrence, A. 2009. The first cuckoo in winter: Phenology, recording, credibility and meaning in Britain. Global
Environmental Change 19:173-179.
For more information:
CitizenScience.org
cscentral@cornell.edu