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Archive for October, 2009

Interview on Paw-Talk

The nice folks at Paw-Talk have posted an interview with me about citizen science and my evolving interest in animals and wildlife. (Their introduction certainly makes me blush!) I enjoyed talking about some of those connections, my experiences as a citizen scientist, and mentors I’ve looked up to as a child and as [...]

Open Dinosaur Project

I’ve been hoping for a good paleontology project, and here it is: The Open
Dinosaur Project:

The ODP (Open Dinosaur Project) is a collaborative research effort, focused on developing a comprehensive database of limb bone measurements for dinosaurs. By collaborative, we truly mean it – anyone is allowed to contribute to the database. We will focus on [...]

Global Classroom Project: Students Measuring Rainfall

The Global Classroom Project is an education-oriented project that teaches students about the water cycle and about making and recording observations:

The Global Classroom Project is a unique, global, research project, where children will become scientist during 10 days. 300 schools from countries such as USA, China, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, South America, Bolivia, Egypt, Spain, Germany, [...]