Sentences with phrase «are citizen science»

Frogwatch, Project Budburst, Monarch Watch, Journey North, Toolik Field Station, Student Partners Project in Zhigansk, and Weather Rats are all citizen science projects supporting active research.

Many of the projects we're involved in are citizen science projects that invite the public to participate!

It was citizen science in action before the term was even invented!

The Western Monarch Count is a citizen science program through the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.

Is citizen science something to recommend to a friend or to consider for your next project?

It is citizen science for people who are willing to be proven terribly wrong, a dog quiz that tests how good you are at figuring out what a mutt is made of.

The GGRO was a citizen science program long before the term «citizen science» was invented; our annual team of about 270 volunteers donate an estimated 44,000 hours of field biology services each year to make the GGRO's work possible.

This was a citizen science effort with a mix of team members, including a diversity of academics from all over the world.

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The result is To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science, a Public Benefit Corporation that seeks to «collaborate with global citizens to advance science and build a powerful community of interest» that is made up of three divisions: Entertainment, Science, and AerScience, a Public Benefit Corporation that seeks to «collaborate with global citizens to advance science and build a powerful community of interest» that is made up of three divisions: Entertainment, Science, and Aerscience and build a powerful community of interest» that is made up of three divisions: Entertainment, Science, and AerScience, and Aerospace.

«It is time for scientists, science enthusiasts, and concerned citizens to come together to make ourselves heard!»

In uBiome's case it was citizen scientists — regular people who dig science and like to learn about themselves and apply that knowledge to their own health and other people with similar interests.

One way that Trump could improve the work visas would be to encourage more U.S. citizens to pursue STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) careers.

This isn't rocket science — we absolutely must enable qualified, funded entrepreneurs capable of employing U.S. citizens to set up shop here more easily.

But yes, I agree that knowledge of basic science and economics are probably best for all citizens, and I work towards this.

The assertion from Tokyo has been that citizens of Tokyo, hundreds of miles from the reactor, are in no danger, and the science bears that out.

(This is taken from «The State of India's Environment 1982 — A Citizens» Report,» prepared by the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi.

The other point, is that Graham, Cathy, and the other religious nutters want to legalize and legislate discrimination against a group of US citizens simply because the purposefully choose to be ignorant about the science of sèxual orientation.

Science education is becoming a key part of what it means to be a well - informed and well - educated citizen of today; therefore, any effort to temper science education in order to placate a vocal religious group cheats the students, cheats society, and cheats our Science education is becoming a key part of what it means to be a well - informed and well - educated citizen of today; therefore, any effort to temper science education in order to placate a vocal religious group cheats the students, cheats society, and cheats our science education in order to placate a vocal religious group cheats the students, cheats society, and cheats our future.

Religious nutters have no right to try and withhold civil rights from a group of US citizens just because the nutters choose to be ignorant about the science of sèxual orientation.

Not only has science made great strides in improving the lives of those with physical challenges, but our fellow citizens are also taught to be more kind and tolerant than most people in other countries and other centuries.

In a science - fiction short story of the 1950s, The Marching Morons by Cyril M. Kornbluth, a benevolent government, aware that its citizens are devoted to excitement, arranges for their cars (automatically piloted, of course, for this is sci - fi, and their speed restricted to a decorous 40 mph) to evoke the sensation of Formula One speedsters.

Apu is a naturalized US citizen, and holds a Ph.D. in computer science.

Started in 2011, the S4 program is an inspiring citizen science program that monitors seabirds off the coast of Massachusetts.

Both the sanctuary and Living Observatory will be offering opportunities for volunteers to engage with citizen science monitoring efforts.

«This is the perfect citizen science project,» said Joan Walsh, Mass Audubon Director of Bird Monitoring.

In fact, because of citizen science efforts at Mass Audubon, the eastern whip - poor - will, one of the inaugural Birds to Watch, was recently listed as a Species of Special Concern in Massachusetts, affording it more protection.

Educating and engaging the public to learn more about wildlife through citizen science is also a hallmark of conservation at Mass Audubon.

In addition to activating teens, the aquarium is also opening the citizen science project to its volunteer base of more than 800.

Shedd Aquarium is teaming up with an international research project called Global FinPrint, a Paul G. Allen initiative, to engage Chicagoland teens with a hands - on STEM application through citizen science.

We are sure that counting your backyard birds will be just as fun as it always was, with the added bonus of including your data in one of the largest citizen science projects in the world.

A Breeding Bird Atlas (BBA) is a collection of data about all of the birds that breed in a particular state or region and exemplifies citizen science at its best.

2014 was a big year for iSeahorse, the citizen science program for seahorse conservation created by Project Seahorse with support from Shedd Aquarium.

She said she's a 53 - year - old mother of three who has lived in Rosendale for 17 years, has a PhD in political science from Rutgers University in New Jersey, and is director of the nonprofit Citizens for Local Power.

«We will not ignore the science and reality of climate change which is why I am also signing an Executive Order confirming New York's leadership role in protecting our citizens, our environment, and our planet.»

«For us to build the country of our dreams, for us to make Nigeria a truly great nation, a nation that is able to feed and house its citizens, a nation with a stable currency, we must embrace science and technology.

Speaking during his citizens» engagement tour of some local government areas in the state, Prof. Ezeon explained that the said voting machines were designed by the Nigeria Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) and demonstrated to the National Assembly members for adoption for elections, adding that the federal government was yet to adopt the electronic voting procedure for elections.

Only by pulling back the veil of secrecy, informing citizens of the atrocities that their tax money is funding and holding experimenters accountable for abusing animals in the name of science when more reliable, cruelty - free options exist, can we hope to bring scientific research into the modern age.

«The chairman of the committee on Science Space and Technology is making what to us is a pretty ludicrous assertion, that rather than trying to protect the rights of citizens to ensure that business fraud, and could be very significant business fraud we could talk about inflating up assets by many billions of dollars, their claim is that this is a politically charged effort to silence descending views on climate,» Schneiderman said on a recent visit to Syracuse.

The Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC) program, funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), aims to significantly increase the number of students who are U.S. citizens and permanent residents receiving post secondary degrees in the computing disciplines.

Science is a process for pursuing answers, while diplomacy is a process for for dialogue and cooperation between countries and citizens.

Fellows are a constantly growing corps of science and technology leaders who take their knowledge of federal policymaking to government, nonprofits, industry, and academia to serve the nation and citizens around the world.

She is a co-founder of Cascades Pika Watch in Oregon, a collaborative citizen science program to monitor the status and distribution of pika populations in the Pacific Northwest.

Varner's primary public engagement is through citizen science engagement programs, which she views as an opportunity help volunteers appreciate the natural world, consider local consequences of climate change and participate in all aspects of science.

Both the Gardens and Lab will be hot spots for citizen science projects scheduled throughout the year.

While many researchers think of citizen science as a way to engage children and teenagers, many of citizen scientists are adults, some of whom bring scientific expertise from other fields, she said.

Students interested in applying for the internships must: 1) be full - time undergraduate or graduate students with disabilities who are majoring in science or engineering, 2) have a B average or better, and 3) be a U.S. citizen or have a right - to - work permit.

In accordance with public policy being concerned about the well - being of its citizens, science policy's goal is to consider how science and technology can best serve the public.

eBird is one of several Cornell Lab citizen - science projects aimed at better understanding our feathered friends as well as other wildlife

A recent investigation by the Government Accountability Office, part of which employed undercover senior citizens, has revealed how loose regulations and questionable sales tactics are more persuasive than science, potentially putting consumers» health at risk.

«There are many, many different kinds of citizen science projects, everything from large - scale, global, data - drive, researcher - driven investigations to community - based, community - driven questions that address a critical problem, and citizen science exists in almost every scientific discipline,» said Jennifer Shirk, interim executive director of the Citizen Science Association, a nonprofit that seeks to support practitioners of citizen sscience projects, everything from large - scale, global, data - drive, researcher - driven investigations to community - based, community - driven questions that address a critical problem, and citizen science exists in almost every scientific discipline,» said Jennifer Shirk, interim executive director of the Citizen Science Association, a nonprofit that seeks to support practitioners of citizen sscience exists in almost every scientific discipline,» said Jennifer Shirk, interim executive director of the Citizen Science Association, a nonprofit that seeks to support practitioners of citizen sScience Association, a nonprofit that seeks to support practitioners of citizen sciencescience.