Chemical engineer and Carolina Panthers cheerleader, Lindsey, leads citizen science project with Pop Warner cheerleaders.

by Bart Leahy | Aug 15, 2013 | Carolina Panthers, Citizen Science, Events, ISS, Pop Warner, Project MERCCURI, The Science Cheerleaders

This is a guest post from Science Cheerleader, Lindsey. I had the pleasure of visiting the Coastal Pop Warner Bengals Pee Wee Cheerleaders to assist them with collecting microbes for Project MERCCURI, a citizen science project the Science Cheerleaders are running in...

Project MERCCURI: Citizen scientists are sending microbes to space! [Project update.]

by Darlene Cavalier | Aug 15, 2013 | Citizen Science, Events, ISS

Project Update: Project MERCCURI is a collaboration of the UCDavis microBEnet with the Science Cheerleaders, UC Davis, Space Florida, Nanoracks,  and SciStarter .  There are three components to this research project: 1)  Space Station Microbiome. Collecting microbial...

Arizona Cardinals cheerleaders participate in citizen science project to compare microbes on Earth and in space.

by Darlene Cavalier | Jul 20, 2013 | Arizona Cardinals, Events, NFL, Project MERCCURI

HUGE thanks to the awesome Arizona Cardinals cheerleaders for swabbing their shoes and cellphones for science, last night at practice! Project MERCCURI is a collaboration of UCDavis microBEnet with the Science Cheerleaders, Space Florida, Nanoracks,  NASA, and...

Guest post from Science Cheerleader Talmesha and Junior Science Cheerleaders!

by Bart Leahy | Jul 13, 2013 | Events, Guest Blog Post, ISS, Project MERCCURI

Greetings Science Cheerleader Fans! Science Cheerleader, Dr. Talmesha,  here to tell you about a great event! On June 9, 2013 hundreds of kids and parents from Maryland and beyond converged upon Howard County Community College (HCCC) for the first annual Howard County...

Our partner, Pop Warner, is seeking All-American scholar presenters

by Darlene Cavalier | May 10, 2013 | Events, Pop Warner

2013 All-American Scholar Presenters Pop Warner is once again looking for outstanding kids from around the country to act as Youth Presenters at the 2013 Pop Warner Scholastic Banquet, taking place this year on May 25th at the Boston Marriott Copley Place in...

Citizen science at the Philadelphia Science Festival and NASA Space Apps Challenge

by Darlene Cavalier | Apr 26, 2013 | Citizen Science, Events, Philadelphia Science Festival, Project MERCCURI

Science Cheerleaders bring “citizen science” to the Philadelphia Science Festival and the NASA Space Apps Challenge. Learn how you can get involved in our research project to compare microbes on Earth to microbes on the International Space...