by Darlene Cavalier | Jan 27, 2011 | Citizen Science, Climate & Weather Projects, Projects & Activities
As record levels of snow blanket much of the United States this year, Science Cheerleader’s sister site, Science For Citizens, is collaborating with an important climate research project at the University of Waterloo called Snow Tweets. We’re pleased that...
by Darlene Cavalier | Dec 30, 2009 | Archeology Projects, Blog, Citizen Science, Climate & Weather Projects, Ecology & Environment Projects, Geology & Earth Science Projects, Nature & Outdoor Projects, Projects & Activities
Studying gravestones to track changes in Earth’s chemistry. Call for volunteers! EarthTrek presents a global Gravestone Project. This project aims to map the location of a graveyards around the globe and then use marble gravestones in those graveyards to measure the...
by Darlene Cavalier | Nov 27, 2009 | Computer & Technology Projects, Dr. John Reports, Projects & Activities, Social network science
From Dr. John: To mark the 40th anniversary of the Internets, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced the DARPA Network Challenge, a competition that will explore the role of social networking in communication, team building, and group...
by Darlene Cavalier | Oct 12, 2009 | Blog, Projects & Activities, Science Policy, Science Policy Projects
Do you know where your Congressional representatives and Senators stand on the health reform issue? Research!America (the nation’s largest not-for-profit public education and advocacy alliance), makes it easy to find out, through the “Your Congress, Your...
by Darlene Cavalier | Sep 27, 2009 | Citizen Science, Computer & Technology Projects, Projects & Activities
Here’s Sarah with a fascinating update to one of her previous posts. You may recall one of my posts from a few months ago where I encouraged everyone to become involved in CureTogether. (To summarize, CureTogether is a collaboration of people from around the...
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...
