by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 10, 2009 | Citizen Science, Dr. John Reports, Nature & Outdoor Projects, Ocean & Water Projects, Projects & Activities, Science Policy
Here’s a citizen science report from Dr. John Ohab! Let’s talk about things that frighten me and start with the mysterious creatures of the deep. I mean, really — surviving under extreme pressures and temperatures, often without sunlight, in a hostile...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 26, 2009 | Animal Projects, Citizen Science, Dr. John Reports, Projects & Activities
Here’s Dr. John, with a new twist on the classic game of Frogger. The Vancouver Aquarium has re-imagined the classic arcade game, Frogger, to better reflect the global decline in the amphibian population. The new version, Frogster, retains the spirit of the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 18, 2009 | Dr. John Reports, Physics Projects, Projects & Activities
Take it away, Dr. John! One of my favorite video games growing up was The Incredible Machine. This 2-D puzzle game required the player to organize a series of common household items into an absurdly complex contraption to perform a simple action (e.g., turn on a...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 14, 2009 | Biology Projects, Citizen Science, Dr. John Reports, Ecology & Environment Projects, Projects & Activities
From Dr. John…Looking for a fun way to translate your love of pignut hickory (Carya glabra) into scientific data that can help the planet? Look no further than the National Phenology Network (NPN), an organization that calls on citizen scientists to monitor the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Jun 5, 2009 | Biology Projects, Citizen Science, Dr. John Reports
From Dr. John….If you’re anything like me, you take pride in knowing everything. That’s why I spend my free time reading and contributing to the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), an online, collaborative project documenting biodiversity knowledge about all life...
by Darlene Cavalier | May 28, 2009 | Citizen Science, Dr. John Reports, Ecology & Environment Projects, Nature & Outdoor Projects, Projects & Activities
Here’s Dr. John Ohab, reporting for Science Cheerleader.com as part of an original series of first-person citizen science reports! Trees are good. They provide shade, recycled paper, wood, and probably other things. In fact, trees are the only living organisms...
