by Hilary Nicholson | Jun 3, 2015 | Animal Projects, Art and Science, Astronomy & Space Projects, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment Projects, Nature & Outdoor Projects, Science Cheerleader Performances and News
Science Cheerleader Hilary here! Last weekend Science Cheerleaders Christine, Sam, Danielle and I participated in the World Science Festival, promoting citizen science and engaging in activities at Brooklyn Bridge Park and Washington Square Park! We had a great time...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 13, 2010 | Astronomy & Space Projects, Citizen Science
Moon Zoo: Crater Survey from The Zooniverse on Vimeo. Today, NASA and the Citizen Science Alliance presented Moon Zoo to the world! ANYONE with internet access can sign up and start identifying craters and other features of the moon courtesy of images of NASA’s...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 3, 2009 | Astronomy & Space Projects, Citizen Science, Projects & Activities
In Chicago August 4-7th? Check out Georgette’s report on a citizen science workshop at the Adler Planetarium. For 175 years scientists have been baffled by a star in the constellation of Aurigae, the charioteer. The star is an eclipsing binary variable star,...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 15, 2009 | Astronomy & Space Projects, Citizen Science, Projects & Activities
…how about classifying a few while you’re gazing? SCOPE, or Stellar Classification Online Public Exploration, needs the help of citizen scientists to observe stars and compare their features to the sun. The gases on the outer visible surface of the star...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 27, 2009 | Astronomy & Space Projects, Citizen Science, Science Education
NASA has been in the news a lot lately – President Obama just named Charles Bolden as its new administrator a few days ago, the Hubble Telescope was repaired successfully, and soon NASA will prepare to launch the space shuttle Endeavour for a jouney to the...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 26, 2009 | Astronomy & Space Projects, Biology Projects, Citizen Science, Computer & Technology Projects, Projects & Activities
The “distributed computing” project known as SETI@home just celebrated its 10th anniversary. For the past decade, thousands of volunteers have loaned the experiment a little bit of their personal computers’ idle capacity to help in the search for...
