Summary
A short SciGirls explainer on citizen science -- how everyday people collect real data that researchers actually use, and how a class can join a project. A good five-minute setup before any data-collection unit.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Short SciGirls explainer (6 min).
- What is citizen science, in your own words?
- Why do researchers want data from lots of ordinary people?
- What would our class be good at counting or measuring?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: citizen science, data, observation, project.
Try it: Find one citizen-science project online with your teacher. Write what it asks volunteers to record.