Module 4 - Citizen Science, Science Dev't and Policy

Citizen Science

the collection and analysis of data relating to the natural world by members of the general public, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists

research questions, project design, scientific experiments, interpreting, technologies, discoveries

Citizen Science is - a form of open collaboration in which individuals or organizations participate in the scientific process in various ways, including

(A) enabling the formulation of _____

(B) creating and refining ____;
(C) conducting ____;

(D) collecting and analysing data;

(E) ____ the results of data;

(F) developing ____ and applications;

(G) making ___;

and (H) solving problems

Alan Irwin

Who said thesE:

“science which assists the needs and concerns of citizens”

“a form of science developed and enacted by the citizens themselves”.

Stroud Water Research Center (SWRC)

Citizen Science Sample Study

• Application of ____ Research Center Technologies to Citizen Science Monitoring

• equips citizen scientists with the tools they need to become active participants in freshwater quality monitoring.

  • they develop innovative tools and resources that empower people to understand and monitor freshwater health.

hardware, data, people

Citizen Science Sample Study -SWRC Technologies to o Citizen Science Monitoring

• Environmental monitoring networks are made of three ingredients.
  - Volunteers participate in a range of activities, from technical assistance to data analysis.

commercially available sensors

Citizen Science Sample Study -SWRC Technologies to o Citizen Science Monitoring

• The Stroud Center has built the tools needed for water monitoring programs.

• Commercially-available ____ reliably collect high-quality data and costs are constrained elsewhere.

  • envirodiy, monitor by watershed

    • Data are collected and transmitted to the web every 15 minutes.

Delaware

SWRC tech has seven years of success in ____

• Community/citizen science project started and guided by the Stroud Center in the ___ River Basin

  • 50+ watershed organizations and community scientists (participants)

  • +100 water monitoring stations

  • Largest citizen science project in the US collecting high-frequency data from streams and rivers

government data, broader specturm, solar powered sensors,

Citizen Science Sample Study -SWRC Technologies to o Citizen Science Monitoring

• Our monitoring data complement _____collection

  programs.

  • Our sites monitor smaller water sheds than _____.

• Our monitoring locations capture a ____ spectrum of land use.

  • Government agency monitoring is more focused on heavily forested watersheds.

• Our autonomous, ______ collects high-quality data.

  • Quality control measurements indicate the data are accurate and can be trusted by scientists.

EnviroDIY

Citizen Science Sample Study -SWRC Technologies to o Citizen Science Monitoring

• Do-it-yourself hardware options are open-source and learning/training tools are available online:

  • has tutorials manuals videos

Monitor my watershed

Citizen Science Sample Study -SWRC Technologies to o Citizen Science Monitoring

• web-based data capture and visualization solution

• Hosting real-time sensor data

• online data portal that lets you discover and map monitoring data and share and compare your data with the world

Examples of CS projects

• Mapping of wildlife, hazards

• 2020 Taal Eruption (measuring ashfall)

• Rasberry SHakenet (estimating eq magnitude)

• Building database for Geographic Information Systems