by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 18, 2009 | Blog, Citizen Science, Ocean & Water Projects, Projects & Activities
World Water Monitoring Day™ (WWMD) is an international education and outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world by engaging citizens to conduct basic monitoring of their local water bodies. An...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 7, 2009 | Chemistry Projects, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment Projects, Ocean & Water Projects
Do you ever wonder what is really coming out of the faucet when you turn on your water? If you participate in World Water Monitoring Day on September 18, you will be one step closer to finding out! World Water Monitoring Day is an international education and...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 2, 2009 | Blog, Citizen Science, Merchandise, Science Education, Science Policy
Want to support science literacy, citizen science, and participatory science and technology policy? Have I got a deal for YOU! Buy a ScienceCheerleader.com T-shirt. (Pass the Science Cheerleader’s Brain Makeover adult science literacy quiz and get $4 bucks off...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 28, 2009 | Citizen Science, Climate & Weather Projects, Projects & Activities
From Sarah: This photo was taken while I was painting ceramics by the beach of our Cancun resort…and I’m sure you observant readers can detect the sunburn on my face even though we had only been outside for 30 minutes. (And by the way, don’t think I...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 27, 2009 | Blog, Brain Makeover, Citizen Science, Events, In the News, Science Education
Thanks to ace reporter Nicole Brewer at CBS 3 in Philadelphia for putting this TV news feature together. In it, she talks about our efforts here on Science Cheerleader, to increase science literacy and raise the ranks of citizen scientists. GOOOOO Science!...
by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 23, 2009 | Blog, Citizen Science
The Missouri Stream Team program is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Through this program, an estimated 80,000 volunteer citizens have helped monitor the quality of Missouri’s water streams. And with recent reports showing (often high) levels of mercury in...
