Creator: Zooniverse | visit site
Grade Range: 6 - 11
Zooniverse is one of the largest and most popular citizen science projects. Choose from the many live projects found along the right side including Planet Hunters, Old Weather, and Ancient Lives among others (at the time of this review.) Click on the link of your choice to go to that project page and read more about the purpose. View interesting information and discoveries that occurring when people around the world contribute to a citizen science project. Create a login that can be used for any project shown. Registration requires and email address. Read tips for safely managing email registrations <a href="/whats-hot/policy-tips.cfm#8">here</a>.
In the Classroom
Find interesting scientific information and how our understanding increases when data is included from other sources. Find information about our past history, earth and space around us, and information that can affect our future technology and exploration. Find a project based learning unit to suit your students interests. Have students make a multimedia presentation about one of the "projects" using one of the many TeachersFirst Edge tools <a href="/content/edge.cfm?c=16">reviewed here</a>. Some tool suggestions are (click on the tool name to access the review): <a href="/single.cfm?id=18378">Adobe Spark for Education</a>, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17424">Animatron</a>, <a href="/single.cfm?id=16373">Sway</a>, and <a href="/single.cfm?id=18390">Beautiful.AI</a>.
At Home
Join the community and learn what others are doing for your budding scientist or astronomer.
Tags
space, earth, weather, sun, moon,
Subjects
Astronomy & Space, Biology/Life Science, Chemistry, Earth Science/Geology, Physics, Science,