“Citizen Science” is a movement that is growing around the world. It can be defined as the participation of non-professionals (including students, teachers, and individuals from the general public) who aid in data collection and analysis for scientific experiments. Although usually done under the supervision of a professional scientist, increasingly these amateur scientists even [...]
Archive for November, 2008
The Need for Citizen Science
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged authentic science, citizen historians, citizen science, long tail curve, Mars Exploration Student Data Team, Mars Student Imaging Program, Pareto curve, Signals of Spring, student created content, Telescopes in Education on November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Our Approach: Team Composition and Student-Created Content
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged citizen science, education content creation, informal science education, long tail curve, Pareto curve, podcasting, science education, student collaboration, student created content, subject matter expert on November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I wrote about the need for and purposes of our project. This week let’s discuss our approach of training community teams to create the content of this project and why this will be beneficial. One purpose of The Elements Unearthed project is to train teams consisting of students and community [...]
Why Do We Need This Project?
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged chemicals, chemistry, environmental hazards, science education, science history, science literacy, STEM careers, U. S. economic strength on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There are four reasons why The Elements Unearthed project is needed. The first is for our own self-protection. The second is to protect our heritage and history. The third is to protect our future. The fourth is to protect our country’s standing as the leader in science and engineering innovation. 1.) Our own self-protection: [...]
Who We Are and Why We’re Doing This
Posted in Weekly Post, tagged AM radio, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, JPL, Juab High School, Mars exploration, Mars MOLA, MATC, NASA Explorer Schools, Solar System Educator on November 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you have read the previous post you might be wondering what an Applied Technology College is doing creating a science history project. This post is to describe who we are and why we’re doing this. MATC Programs: Mountainland Applied Technology College (MATC) is one of nine regional campuses of the Utah College of [...]
