Citizen Science

Did you know that April is Citizen Science Month?

Join SciStarter at https://scistarter.org/citizensciencemonth for Citizen Science month. Citizen Science is a great way for students to learn about different research projects, collect data, and contribute to large science projects.

There are a ton of these out there, some more complicated than others...

Here are a couple that you can do from the comfort of your own home. I sifted through the projects and found these that might be of interest.

It doesn't matter where you live, city or suburb, from the Midwest to the East Coast, Canada to California, whether squirrels live in your neighborhood or not, you are encouraged to become a squirrel monitor


ARE RAINDROPS FALLING ON YOUR HEAD? Are you getting hassled by hail? Is snow glistening in your treetops? We need your weather reports for our research!


  • FeederWatch (feed birds, enter data online, win photo contests)

Project FeederWatch turns your love of feeding birds into scientific discoveries.Your bird counts help you keep track of what is happening in your own backyard and help scientists track long-term trends in bird distribution and abundance.


Every observation can contribute to biodiversity science, from the rarest butterfly to the most common backyard weed.