Editor’s Choice: On Bee-ing

Meredith Cornett — Tue, 07 Nov 2017 19:00:53 +0000

Editor’s Choice: And accompanying the more disheartening article about scientists’ attitudes towards citizen science, here is a small ray of hope where we hear about one scientist’s journey of accepting citizen science as a legitimate methodology through actual participation in a citizen science project. — LFF — Excerpt: For years I scoffed at the very...

Editor’s Choice: What’s in the dirt? City Nature Challenge will send citizen scientists afield

Donna Littlejohn — Tue, 02 May 2017 18:00:43 +0000

How can museums advance citizen science? The City Nature Challenge makes evident at least three themes: First, a belief that “science is open to all” is consistent with museums’ values of inclusivity and access. Second, museums know partnerships. (To realize this competitive bioblitz event, the California Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum of...

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Editor’s Choice: On Bee-ing

Editor’s Choice: What’s in the dirt? City Nature Challenge will send citizen scientists afield