SciStarter is the place to find, join, and contribute to science through providing people access to more than 2,700 searchable formal and informal research projects and events. But more than just a project directory, SciStarter also offers a coordinated place to record contributions and access the tools and instruments needed to participate in citizen science projects. The SciStarter Blog is published by Science Connected.
The Science of Making a Wild Sourdough Starter
Want to make sourdough starter? The Wild Sourdough Project can help you understand yeast and microbes while helping home bakers create delicious bread. SciStarter Blog By now, you’ve almost certainly heard the ...
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Building DIY Air Quality Monitors
Colombian citizen scientists built cheap air quality monitors and deployed them across their city. Now they’re teaching others to build them, too. SciStarter Blog CanAirIO is a low-cost air pollution ...
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Surfers Pick Up the Slack to Monitor Water
A massive network of surfers and citizen scientists is monitoring water quality and water contamination in places governments don't. SciStarter Blog By Colleen Henn and Mara Dias In 1984, a ...
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Earth School: Take a Nature Quest
Over 1.5 billion children can’t go to school right now. An online program hopes to help by offering dozens of science “quests.” SciStarter Blog Today, over 1.5 billion children are ...
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Black Birders, Scientists Push for Equality
Black Birders Week helped show the world that Black scientists exist in the great outdoors. Now, participants hope to keep the conversation going. SciStarter Blog By Eric Betz Deja Perkins ...
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Light Pollution in Your Community
Can you see the night sky? How bad is light pollution in your community? Find out with the Globe at Night citizen science project. SciStarter Blog Nothing beats a beautifully ...
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Study Supermassive Black Holes with Citizen Science
Do you want to help astronomers study supermassive black holes? The Spiral Graph Project invites users to trace the shape of a spiral galaxy's arms. The SciStarter Blog By Eric ...
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Chasing Steve: A Mystery in the Night Sky
Literally chasing Steve, the Alberta Aurora Chasers are people across western Canada documenting a ribbon of purple and green light in the sky. By Jess Fraser for the SciStarter Blog ...
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