Citizen Science as a Tool for Mosquito Control

Jordan, R.C., Sorensen, A.E., Ladeau, S. — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:00:48 +0000

Abstract: In this paper, we share our findings from a 2-year citizen science program called Mosquito Stoppers. This pest-oriented citizen science project is part of a larger coupled natural-human systems project seeking to understand the fundamental drivers of mosquito population density and spatial variability in potential exposure to mosquito-borne pathogens in a matrix of human...

Editor’s Choice: Citizen Science: Toward Transformative Learning

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:00:34 +0000

This is a fascinating article that tracks the change in attitudes towards science as well as content learning that occurred with a group of high school students who participated in the full cycle of a research project from asking the question to presenting results. I particularly liked one of the findings the authors recommend to incorporate in...

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Citizen Science as a Tool for Mosquito Control

Editor’s Choice: Citizen Science: Toward Transformative Learning