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AfriBats
Monitor bats across Africa
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing
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Nov 22, 2024
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American Gut
Help researchers study trillions of microbes in, on our bodies.
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Citizen ScienceBiologyNature & OutdoorsCrowd FundingHealth & Medicinemicrobiomecitizen sciencegutmicrobial researchdigestive healthsampling kitmicrobiotamicrobesamerican
Night Sky Network
Astronomy Picture of the Day with Dr. Robert Nemiroff
Join us for our annual Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) with Dr. Robert Nemiroff.
Anywhere
- December 19, 2024 at 2:00 AM through 3:00 AM
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California Academy of Sciences and UC Berkely ESPM
Backyard Biodiversity Project: Pools
Come discover what’s living in your backyard!
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Citizen ScienceNature & OutdoorsBiologyAnimalsInsects & PollinatorsEducationEcology & Environmentlos angelesbiodiversitysan franciscowaterdiversitycaliforniapoolsbackyard biodiversitypoolinsectsbugs in your backyardantsbugsinsectbackyardpollinators/insects
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 & TechnologyEngineeringMathematicsGrades 6-8Financial Support or Scholarship AvailableAll DayNGSS AlignedEngineeringCoding/Computer Science/Cyber SecurityAfternoonMorningEveningWork-based LearningMathematicsGrades 9-12
UC Berkeley
BOINC (Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing)
Use idle computer time to assist with scientific research
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Citizen ScienceComputers & Technologycoopercrowdsourcing platformvolunteer computingrwjfcomputer
Stiles-Nicholson STEM Teacher Academy
Brainwaves 2025: Igniting Innovation with Brain-Based Learning & Action Research Symposium
FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute
- March 31, 2025 at 12:30 PM through 2:30 PM
PBC STEM Center
University of California
CALeDNA
Create a biodiversity baseline of California using environmental DNA (eDNA)
Multiple locations, including yours!
- Ongoing through November 30, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Citizen ScienceNature & OutdoorsEducationEcology & Environmentdna bankurban impactwildlifeinsectsspecies identificationbioinformaticscalifornianatureobservationsplantspost-fire recoverybiodiversitysoilconservationsedimentednasediment samplingwaterenvironmentgenomicshabitatenvironmental dnasoil samplingnaturalist
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 & Spacehydrocolormarine sciencewater quality monitoringchesapeake baywater samplesnasa-sciactsatellitesnasaestuary
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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- Ongoing through August 1, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Citizen SciencePolicyHealth & MedicineEcology & Environmentcollaborative sciencescience-informed policyconservationsustainable developmenthealthcaresustainabilityliterature reviewsapplied sciencescoping reviewspublicationscommunity feedbackimpacts of sciencemeta-analysesdecision makingevidence synthesisusabilitysystematic reviewsevidence qualitynetwork analysismetascienceenergy policyscience policypublic healthaccessibility