Citizen Science transforming how children see the world by looking at the landscape anew!!!
The Aquarium of the Pacific is on a spit of land between a small berthing area and the City of Long Beach. Sponsoring a "Citizen Science Symposium", the Aquarium, the Marine Conservation Research Institute, and Premier, gathered educators, specialists, authors, researchers, agencies, nonprofits to fete the new era in education which is posed to embrace not just science, but activities, actions, stewardship and discovery that links and protects literacy, resilience, habitat, species, and local to state resources that are irreplaceable.
It was interesting to learn that "citizen science" may be a new horizon in NGSS or in outings, bioblitz meet ups and hikes, but actually Darwin was once a person who became a homespun Brit interested in life forms.
As a study and a task, this symposium of stakeholders, land managers, metro area institutions, parks, rural and municipal visitors were gathered to share ideas, tools, accomplishments, partnerships, mission, food and apps.
Collaboration was on display with the benefits of collecting data, good design, unexpected discoveries, and training to engage stakeholders, volunteers, students, and staff.
Magazine:
http://www.citizenscientists.com/
Aquarium of the Pacific: Explorer App on ITunes or GooglePlay, Harbor Tours, Whale Watching, Dive Immersion, Animal Encounters, Behind the Scenes tours…make a reservations
Examples of projects:
Stough Canyon (Burbank) Urban Wild Life Research by Korinna Domingo
Tinyurl.com/zqsgmst (student go fund me campaign as well)
SevenGill Sharks:
http://sevengill.oceansanctuaries.org
Operation Healthy Air or Trees: www.earthwatch.org (UC Riverside, NASA, and Earthwatch Institute
Riverside Citizen Science: www.westernmonarchcount.org (RCRCD)
Riverside Nature Spotter: www.inaturalist.org/projects/riverside-citizen -science
NHM: RASCals www.inaturalist.org/projects/rascals (Natural History Museum/Reptiles and Amphibians of So Cal) (From Tarpits, to Tuning up Science, Diamonds, to the Blu…supporting collections, research, and teachers. New community service and citizen science horizons emerging…
https://www.nhm.org/site/
USC Sea Grant and Urban Tides: http://bit.ly/2ckmh7A (mapping our coast) Urban Ocean and meaningful science
Earth Day Festival at Bolsa Chica Wetlands: April 22nd 10-3pm Huntington Beach (Fish and Wildlife, Bolsa Chica Conservancy, Amigos de Bolsa Chica (free)…www.bolsachica.org
Catalina Marine Society: www.catalinamarinesociety.org (scientists, divers, boaters, supporters)
South Bay Nature Meetup and BioBlitz Community at:
https://www.meetup.com/South-Bay-Nature-Meetup-and-BioBlitz-Community/
Phenology: Nature's Notebook
https://www.usanpn.org/natures_notebook
Tracking and learning together: inatururalist.org
Rachel Carson: http://www.rachelcarson.org/
What are Marine Preserves?:
http://ocean.nationalgeographic.com/ocean/take-action/marine-protected-areas/
From Palos Verdes Nature Preserves to Algal Blooms and whale watching, from Santa Ana Watershed testing to citizen science in K12 and desert wrens: write the aquarium to find out about next year's Citizen Science for Conservation in Southern California:
http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/events
For K-5 (Lynne H. Hehr Arkansas GLOBE partnership Center for Math and Science Education Arkansas NASA Educator Resource Center University of Arkansas Elementary (The Storybooks!)
NB: See one program using Elementary GLOBE (at Hamlin Charter Academy and soon at Liggett EL under New Education Options) or online:
http://slideplayer.com/slide/9302714/
GLOBE Storybooks are in 6 languages, "What's up with the Atmosphere?-Exploring the Colors of the Sky"…join GLOBE Elementary and do data collection with your kids at school or through their parents in the park…use the app (example with Bo Lebo, Gault EL STEAM and STEM program by NEO in Van Nuys/Lake Balboa)
:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDr5AiNVcKE
http://www.arboretum.org: PEACOCK DAY, Tomato Talk, Lawrence Juber, Environmental Fair next weekend and Baldwin Lake Restoration or walks…."Conservancy Preservation Award"….so much more.
New and old ideas:
https://blog.epa.gov/blog/tag/citizen-science-association/
http://citizenscience.org/about/
Mary Ellen Hannibal keynote:
http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Citizen-Scientist-by-Mary-Ellen-Hannibal-10420145.php