Following the Pathways of Plastic Litter – An international Citizen Science project for promoting K12 students’ scientific literacy

CHEMKON ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 328-336
Author(s):  
Katrin Kruse ◽  
Katrin Knickmeier ◽  
Daniela Honorato‐Zimmer ◽  
Magdalena Gatta‐Rosemary ◽  
Anna Weinmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Citizen Science Project

Building an army of wombat warriors: developing and sustaining a citizen science project

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 186
Author(s):  
Candice J. Skelton ◽  
Amelia S. Cook ◽  
Peter West ◽  
Ricky-John Spencer ◽  
Julie M. Old
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Distribution Data ◽  
Wildlife Diseases ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Community Values ◽  
Australian Community ◽  
Citizen Science Project

Citizen science websites and mobile applications are credited for their ability to engage members of the public in science and enhance scientific literacy, while operating as a cost-effective, geographically vast data-collection tool. Recruiting participants, tailoring online platforms to users’ needs and harnessing community values are key to creating a successful, sustainable citizen science project. However, few studies have conducted a detailed examination of the recruitment experience when trying to build an engaged and active citizen science audience to assess wildlife diseases in Australia. The present study aimed to determine the most effective methods to recruit and continue to engage citizens to use the tool called WomSAT (Wombat Survey and Analysis Tools). Various marketing techniques were employed to recruit participants. A survey was also disseminated to gain feedback on WomSAT and understand the driving factors behind participation. Participation in the WomSAT project was driven by a collective desire to help and learn about wombats. Preliminary distribution data collected by citizens suggest that WomSAT contains the necessary elements to enable it to be an important tool for monitoring wombats and the distribution of disease. Continuation of the WomSAT project will support scientific research while fostering conservation messages amongst the Australian community.

scholarly journals Bridging the gap between the lab and the classroom: An online citizen science project with teachers aiming at improving inhibitory control of school-age children.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grégoire Borst
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Inhibitory Control ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Randomized Control Trial ◽  
Training Group ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
School Age ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Randomized Control ◽  
Citizen Science Project

Online citizen science allows to bridge the gap between researchers and non-researchers and to improve scientific literacy of non-researchers. The aim of the present study was to determine whether a 5-week randomized control trial conducted by the teachers in their classroom could improve 6 to 12-year-old children’s inhibitory control (IC). As expected, children in the IC training group improved their IC efficiency to a greater extent than children in the control training group. We provided the first evidence that such online science project can be effective to improve children’s IC abilities and bridge the gap between the lab and the classroom.

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS SCIENCE: THE CONTRIBUTION OF A CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECT FOR MONITORING COASTAL WATER QUALITY AND (MICRO)PLASTICS

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 881-893
Author(s):  
José Luís Araújo ◽  
Carla Morais ◽  
João Carlos Paiva
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Towards Science ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Attitudinal Changes ◽  
Citizen Science Project

The promotion of positive attitudes towards science is an important goal of science education. This research aimed to identify students' attitudes towards science and whether their participation within a citizen science project has contributed to positive attitudinal changes. So, an attitudinal scale was developed, validated, and applied (as a pre and post-test) to 574 students aged between 12 and 14 years old. Positive attitudes towards science were recorded from the outset among children of both groups. Students' participation within the experimental group enhanced relevant positive attitudinal changes at the level of the critical analysis dimension, related to the perception of skills development such as questioning or critical thinking. Furthermore, positive attitudinal changes were achieved within the affinity dimension, related to perceived self-efficacy and appreciation of science and science classes. Positive attitudinal changes towards science among students indicate that citizen science contributes to enhance affective and attitudinal domains of their scientific literacy. Keywords: attitudes towards science scale, attitudinal changes, citizen science, science education, water quality monitoring

scholarly journals Citizen Science for Scientific Literacy and the Attainment of Sustainable Development Goals in Formal Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 4283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel Ángel Queiruga-Dios ◽  
Emilia López-Iñesta ◽  
María Diez-Ojeda ◽  
María Consuelo Sáiz-Manzanares ◽  
José Benito Vázquez Dorrío
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Northern Spain ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Citizen Science Project

Curricular integration in formal teaching of citizen science can bring to the classroom aspects of scientific literacy that encourage the involvement of citizens. In particular, these include non-epistemic aspects related to the sociology of science (which are often not transferred to the classroom). Furthermore, this practice raises awareness among students, and encourages them to become participants in the attainment of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This article describes a proposal for the integration of a citizen science project into the secondary education curriculum that can be reproduced in any educational center. Eighty-three secondary school pupils (14–15 years old) took part in this research at a city-center school in Northern Spain. A questionnaire based on validated studies was created and used to analyze the changes in attitudes of pupils towards science and technology and their improvement in scientific literacy in terms of scientific processes and scientific situations. The results indicate a significant improvement in the attitudes towards science and technology among the participating learners, as well as a better understanding of scientific processes and situations. Likewise, the results reflect how the implementation of the citizen science project contributes to the SDGs.

scholarly journals Citizens, Scientists, and Enablers: A Tripartite Model for Citizen Science Projects

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 309
Author(s):  
Rhian A. Salmon ◽  
Samuel Rammell ◽  
Myfanwy T. Emeny ◽  
Stephen Hartley
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Nature Of Science ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Tripartite Model ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Science Projects ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Citizen Science Project

In this paper, we focus on different roles in citizen science projects, and their respective relationships. We propose a tripartite model that recognises not only citizens and scientists, but also an important third role, which we call the ‘enabler’. In doing so, we acknowledge that additional expertise and skillsets are often present in citizen science projects, but are frequently overlooked in associated literature. We interrogate this model by applying it to three case studies and explore how the success and sustainability of a citizen science project requires all roles to be acknowledged and interacting appropriately. In this era of ‘wicked problems’, the nature of science and science communication has become more complex. In order to address critical emerging issues, a greater number of stakeholders are engaging in multi-party partnerships and research is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary. Within this context, explicitly acknowledging the role and motivations of everyone involved can provide a framework for enhanced project transparency, delivery, evaluation and impact. By adapting our understanding of citizen science to better recognise the complexity of the organisational systems within which they operate, we propose an opportunity to strengthen the collaborative delivery of both valuable scientific research and public engagement.

Building Data Sets for Rainforest Deforestation Detection Through a Citizen Science Project

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Fernanda Beatriz Jordan Rojas Dallaqua ◽  
Fabio Augusto Faria ◽  
Alvaro Luiz Fazenda
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Citizen Science Project

scholarly journals The epistemic culture in an online citizen science project: Programs, antiprograms and epistemic subjects

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 564-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dick Kasperowski ◽  
Thomas Hillman
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Science ◽  
Distributed Cognition ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Large Sets ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Epistemic Culture ◽  
Classification Of Images ◽  
Citizen Science Project

In the past decade, some areas of science have begun turning to masses of online volunteers through open calls for generating and classifying very large sets of data. The purpose of this study is to investigate the epistemic culture of a large-scale online citizen science project, the Galaxy Zoo, that turns to volunteers for the classification of images of galaxies. For this task, we chose to apply the concepts of programs and antiprograms to examine the ‘essential tensions’ that arise in relation to the mobilizing values of a citizen science project and the epistemic subjects and cultures that are enacted by its volunteers. Our premise is that these tensions reveal central features of the epistemic subjects and distributed cognition of epistemic cultures in these large-scale citizen science projects.

Student participation in a coastal water quality citizen science project and its contribution to the conceptual and procedural learning of chemistry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Luís Araújo ◽  
Carla Morais ◽  
João Paiva
Keyword(s):  
Water Quality ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Coastal Water ◽  
Student Participation ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
Procedural Learning ◽  
Science Project ◽  
Coastal Water Quality ◽  
Chemistry Learning ◽  
Citizen Science Project

The active participation of citizens in scientific research, through citizen science, has been proven successful. However, knowledge on the potential of citizen science within formal chemistry learning, at the conceptual...

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