Blog: Citizen Science Projects, People, and Perspectives
Dunnn dun, dunnn dun, dunn dun dun, dun dun dun dun dundundundun …! 🦈 Maybe the shark from Jaws was just upset at all the plastic trash in the water? Either way, if we protect the water, we protect the sharks. Find citizen projects below that guide you on making and sharing observations to help advance … Read more “🦈 Shark week — Citizen science edition”
Categories: Newsletter
The Discovery Channel’s popular Shark Week is July 28-August 4. Help scientists learn more about sharks through the projects we’ve tagged for you, below. This year, you can also help provide healthy ocean homes for sharks by joining the world’s largest volunteer effort for oceans: the International Coastal Cleanup. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Animals, Biology, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Education, Featured Projects, Newsletter, Ocean & Water, webinar
Five “Jaws”-dropping projects for Shark Week  As a prelude to the Discovery Channel’s 30th year of Shark Week, SciStarter’s editors picked these five projects you can do related to sharks and their conservation. Whether it’s collecting and reporting shark egg cases or documenting sightings to track species, there are many ways to unlock your … Read more “Shark Week is coming! Shark Week is coming!”
Categories: Citizen Science, Featured Projects, Newsletter
Guest post by Mike Bear The San Diego-based non-profit Ocean Sanctuaries was founded in 2014 to create and provide support for marine citizen science projects. The Sevengill Shark Identification Project was one of its first citizen science projects, begun in 2010 in response to anecdotal evidence that divers were seeing increasing numbers Sevengill sharks off … Read more “Using Citizen Science to Track Sevengill Sharks”
Categories: Citizen Science, Guest Contributor, Project Profile
Dive into Shark Week with SciStarter It’s shark week! Celebrate by getting involved in one of the many citizen science projects that study and protect sharks. Find even more projects with the  SciStarter Global Project Finder. Cheers! The SciStarter Team
Categories: Animals, Biology, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Newsletter, Ocean & Water
It’s Shark Week! Do you know researchers need your help to learn more about these fascinating, underwater creatures? Below, you’ll find five projects to help us learn more about sharks and what we can do to protect them. Join us today at 2:00 PM ET for the next #CitSciChat, a Twitter discussion about citizen science, moderated … Read more “Shark Week with a twist of citizen science!”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science
Diver-citizen scientists help find out why there has been a recent increase in the number of Sevengill Sharks spotted in the San Diego area The first thing the divers noticed upon reaching the bottom was that there were absolutely no fish—anywhere. The lighting, also being strange, lent everything a deserted, eerie feel. But, says diver … Read more “Divers Attempt to Solve Mystery of Sevengill Shark Sightings on the Pacific Coast”
Categories: Animals, Citizen Science
It’s Shark Week for Citizen Scientists! It’s that time of year again. (Cue Jaws theme song.) Discovery Channel’s Shark Week starts on August 10th! But rather than fear these beautiful creatures, participate in projects to help advance research about sharks! Hey! If you’re involved in more than one citizen science project, we’d like to hear … Read more “Citizen Science, Shark Week Edition”
Categories: Citizen Science, Newsletter
You might not realize it, but it’s always out there. Planning. Growing. Waiting for the perfect time to strike. You never quite know when it will happen. Maybe July. Maybe August. But you know it’s coming, and you can’t escape it. In an awesome display of speed and power, it bursts from an otherwise calm … Read more “Celebrate Shark Week with Some Citizen Science”
Categories: Animals, Biology, Citizen Science, Ecology & Environment, Nature & Outdoors, Ocean & Water
