Sentences with phrase «of citizen science programs»

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

We offer a wide range of 1 - 4 hour nature education programs, citizen science adventures, and training workshops as well as several larger public events each year.

Come to Joppa on April 11 for a lecture by Ann - Marie Runfola about the Stellwagen Sanctuary Seabird Stewards (S4) Program, an inspiring citizen science initiative that monitors seabirds off the coast of Massachusetts.

Prairie Ridge offers a variety of volunteer opportunities, including maintaining the Nature Neighborhood Garden and other groundskeeping activities, assisting with educational programs, leading Saturday citizen science programs, and collecting and / or entering data for citizen science projects.

For 160 years, the Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum has worked to connect the citizens of Chicago to nature and science through immersive exhibits, family events and in - depth education programs.

Learn about the seasonal birds that call our beaches home while contributing to one of our important citizen science programs.

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.

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.

Located in the heart of the nation's capital, the Program on Science in the Public Interest promotes direct dialogue with the government, industry, and the community on critical scientific issues and helps to develop the next generation of citizen scientists.

Lea Shanley, 2008 - 09 Legislative Branch Fellow sponsored by ASA / CSSA / SSA and a champion of citizen science, served as an adviser to the program over the past four years, offering ideas, providing feedback and connecting the producers with exemplary citizen science projects.

Citizen scientists play a significant role in achieving scientific results, according to a panel of experts who participated in the January installment of the AAAS Colloquium series, noting successful citizen science programs and offering suggestions to maximize citizen scientists» efforts.

While some citizen science programs are modeled on the idea that volunteers are strictly there to learn from professionals, Shirk said citizen scientists also want to be part of a discovery and help gather data relevant to a problem that interests them in calling upon programs to embrace learning together.

The mission of CFS is to provide excellent laboratory services in support of the administration of justice and public safety for the citizens of Ontario by: 1) providing scientific examinations and interpretations in cases involving injury or death in unusual circumstances, and in crimes against persons or property; 2) presenting independent objective expert testimony to courts in Ontario; 3) conducting research; and 4) presenting educational programs on forensic science for agencies using forensic science services.

To keep track of these deaths, the USGS National Wildlife Health Center created a citizen - science program called AMBLE (Avian Monitoring for Botulism Lakeshore Events) in 2010.

«With citizen - science programs, we are able to collect a lot of data at multiple spatial and temporal scales, which you can't necessarily do in a university - led research program.

Added Shirley Malcom, head of Education and Human Resources programs at AAAS, «We look forward to expansion of this initiative to other units, to help citizens across the nation recognize the importance of science in the preservation and management of our national parks, often referred to as «America's Best Idea.

Varner is an assistant professor of biology at Colorado Mesa University and a co-founder of Cascades Pika Watch in Oregon, a collaborative citizen science program that invites volunteers to track populations of pikas, tiny mammals that are vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

«These scientists combined citizen science observations with data from radar, satellites and weather predictions to understand the cues birds use in their migrations across continents,» said Liz Blood, program director in the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology, which funded the research through NSF's MacroSystems Biology Pscience observations with data from radar, satellites and weather predictions to understand the cues birds use in their migrations across continents,» said Liz Blood, program director in the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology, which funded the research through NSF's MacroSystems Biology Pprogram director in the National Science Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology, which funded the research through NSF's MacroSystems Biology PScience Foundation's Division of Environmental Biology, which funded the research through NSF's MacroSystems Biology ProgramProgram.

The bill allowed NSF to develop a new program to increase the number of U.S. citizens and permanent residents with undergraduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

That's unfortunate because using citizen science in studies would not only highlight volunteers» role in science, it could also could attract more investment into future research, said Rick Bonney, director of program development and evaluation at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, who reviewed Cooper's study.

Toward that end, he led the development of the Rosetta computer program that predicts molecular design, and extended its reach with citizen science offshoots like Rosetta@Home and Foldit.

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Development of online citizen science products such as Google Mercury, Mercury Mappers, Geo Hunters; production and publication of printed and e-book versions of plain language book «Exploring the Inner Solar System»; production of podcasts featuring MESSENGER; evaluation and dissemination of MESSENGER educational products via AAAS's SciLinks site for educators; public programs at AAAS featuring MESScience (AAAS): Development of online citizen science products such as Google Mercury, Mercury Mappers, Geo Hunters; production and publication of printed and e-book versions of plain language book «Exploring the Inner Solar System»; production of podcasts featuring MESSENGER; evaluation and dissemination of MESSENGER educational products via AAAS's SciLinks site for educators; public programs at AAAS featuring MESscience products such as Google Mercury, Mercury Mappers, Geo Hunters; production and publication of printed and e-book versions of plain language book «Exploring the Inner Solar System»; production of podcasts featuring MESSENGER; evaluation and dissemination of MESSENGER educational products via AAAS's SciLinks site for educators; public programs at AAAS featuring MESSENGER.

As part of this effort I have become acutely aware of man's influence on both these environments and set up CoralWatch, a citizen science and education outreach program 12 years ago.

The study also said that citizens are supportive and proud of a select few programs (Chaney's science, technology, engineering, and math program and the district's early - college academy, which met all the state's indicators in 2012 — 13, are two such examples).

The Carthay ES Center for Environmental Studies Magnet combines the sciences and the humanities in an educational program centered on society and the environment, dedicated to creating ecologically responsible citizens of the world.

I am an undergraduate computer science student, resident and citizen of India, I'll be working as an Independent student contractor for a US based software company from my home country (India), during this program I will never go to US and all my payments are a student stipend.

Seabird lead to the formation The Seabird Ecological Assessment Network (SEANET), a citizen science program to bring together researchers and members of the public to identify and mitigate threats to marine birds.

With the GGRO at a stage of maturity and reflection, Director Allen Fish tells the tale of the people who founded this pioneering citizen science program.

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.

Michael Halpern, a program manager at the Union of Concerned Scientists, commented that the «House Science Committee isn't going after Dr. Shukla and his colleagues for their scientific work, but for their opinions as private citizens.»

Scientists are making more and more of these observations, and the authors tell how young people in Siberia, Canada, Mexico, and throughout the U.S. are involved in such citizen science programs that support scientists in their climate research.

The Lab of Ornithology hosts the world's largest citizen science program, Project FeederWatch, involving more than 10,000 citizen birders who help track trends in bird populations each year.

Other finalists for the public sector award were the Indigenous Community Planning Program (University of B.C. School of Community and Regional Planning) and the User Network for Insect Biology in the Urban Garden (UNIBUG), citizen science at Douglas College.