Spring Quarter Snapshot: Turning Kids Into Citizen Scientists
By David Wescott on April 30, 2020
"As families everywhere embrace remote learning, parents are scrambling for ideas to make lessons engaging for their kids. Since most households don’t have lab equipment, science class can be especially difficult.
The UC Davis Center for Community and Citizen Science has you covered. The center helps scientists, communities and citizens collaborate on science to address environmental problems as a part of civic life.
Center leaders have assembled a list of projects families can do while at home, or just outside their homes while practicing social distancing. For example, center faculty are participating in the City Nature Challenge – Sacramento Region and the Outside Wonder Lab — two projects that encourage scientists of all ages to observe their surroundings and take note. Professional researchers receive and analyze the observations to identify larger environmental issues or trends."