Citizen Science

Interested in conducting your own experiments, expanding your knowledge about the environment, and contributing to scientific datasets? Then explore the citizen scientist links below to get involved!

Education Initiative Online Lesson Resources

Aquaponics

• Seek by iNaturalist
• Fish Watchers

Bacteria in Aquatic Environments

• International Coastal Cleanup
• Colony B – A mobile game to contribute to research on the human microbiome

Buoys and Weather

• Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network
• mPING Crowdsourcing Weather Reports

Erosion

• Local Environmental Observer Network

Harmful Algal Blooms

• RSC HAB Spotter
• NOAA Phytoplankton Monitoring Network

Macroinvertebrates

• Seek by iNaturalist – Use your phone to identify organisms and optionally share for
  science!
• Nature’s Notebook – Contribute data on the lifecycles of plants and animals across the
  US for use in scholarly publications and reports for decision support and resource
  management.

Microplastics

• International Coastal Cleanup
• The Big Microplastics Survey

Pollinator Pathway

• The Great Sunflower Project
• Beescape
• The Great Pumpkin Project
• Monarch Larva Monitoring Project

Rocks and Minerals

• Rockd

Stormwater Runoff

• NOAA What’s your water level?