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iNaturalist

AfriBats

Monitor bats across Africa

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Citizen ScienceNature & OutdoorsEcology & EnvironmentAnimalsOcean Water MarineBiologyafricaphotographybatssafarina

California Academy of Sciences and UC Berkely ESPM

Backyard Biodiversity Project: Pools

Come discover what’s living in your backyard!

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San Diego STEM Ecosystem

Become a STEM Teacher

EnCorps STEM Teaching Fellows explore middle and high school teaching in California’s low income schools in a Fellowship.

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Professional DevelopmentTrainingWorkshopComputers & TechnologyEngineeringMathematicsCoding/Computer Science/Cyber SecurityEngineeringMorningAll DayEveningFinancial Support or Scholarship AvailableAfternoonNGSS AlignedWork-based LearningMathematicsGrades 9-12Grades 6-8

UC Berkeley

BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing)

Use idle computer time to assist with scientific research

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University of California

CALeDNA

Create a biodiversity baseline of California using environmental DNA (eDNA)

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Citizen ScienceNature & OutdoorsEducationEcology & Environmentednasedimentsoilinsectspost-fire recoveryconservationenvironmentplantshabitatbiodiversitysoil samplingenvironmental dnaobservationsdna bankurban impactgenomicsbioinformaticscaliforniaspecies identificationnaturalistwaternaturesediment samplingwildlife

Campaign: Tire Toxins. Protecting Marine Ecosystems

Engage organizations to act on tire chemicals harming wildlife

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Citizen ScienceAnimalsEcology & EnvironmentOcean Water Marine

Made possible by the NASA Citizen Science for Earth Systems Program (CSESP), the Chesapeake Water Watch is a joint project between the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) and the City College of New York (CCNY).

Chesapeake Water Watch (CWW)

Improve Chesapeake Bay water quality

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Citizen ScienceOcean Water MarineEcology & EnvironmentAstronomy & Spacenasa-sciactsatellitesnasahydrocolormarine sciencechesapeake baywater quality monitoring_nasaestuarynasa-supportedwater samplescsm2025

Professor Jodi Schneider, School of Information Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Citizen Advisory Board on Policy-Relevant Evidence

Give feedback on visualizations to assess sources of bias in research

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Citizen SciencePolicyHealth & MedicineEcology & Environmentnetwork analysisscoping reviewsmetascienceenergy policypublicationsimpacts of sciencecollaborative sciencemeta-analysesconservationscience-informed policyevidence synthesishealthcareliterature reviewssystematic reviewssustainable developmentapplied scienceaccessibilitydecision makingcommunity feedbackscience policysustainabilityusabilityevidence qualitypublic health