1. Citizen Science: real
science, real
engagement, online
Chair: Karen Bultitude, University of the West of England, Bristol
Speakers: Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer, Royal Observatory Greenwich
Chris Davis, Solar Physicist and participating scientist on the Solar
Stormwatch project, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Julia Wilkinson, Citizen Scientist
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5. Citizen Science: real science,
real engagement, online
Chair: Karen Bultitude, University of the West of England, Bristol
Speakers: Marek Kukula, Public Astronomer, Royal Observatory Greenwich
Chris Davis, Solar Physicist and participating scientist on the Solar
Stormwatch project, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Julia Wilkinson, Citizen Scientist
6. Citizen Science Examples
• Solar Stormwatch
http://www.solarstormwatch.com/
• Old Weather
http://www.oldweather.org/
• Lady Bird Survey
http://www.ladybird-survey.org/
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24. Citizen Science: the Key Issues
• Do people really engage with the science, or
are they just there to play?
• Does the research community take citizen
science seriously?
• By focussing on the web, who are we missing?
• Are volunteers worth the hassle?
14.15 Allow for people to be running late to get into the room, brief mention of the 3 speakers who will be introduced further later.
What is Citizen Science? - Karen
Zooniverse examples of Citizen Science
Logos of other existing Citizen Science projects (plus mention there are plenty of others!):Big Garden Birdwatch – RSPB exercise to record the highest number of each bird species seen in your garden, or local park (not flying over) at any one time.UK ladybird survey - aims to facilitate the recording of all the UK's ladybirdsHerbaria@home – making connections between volunteers and organisations (museums, universities etc.) who hold herbarium specimens in order to get them documented and the information made publicly availablePrimeGrid - PrimeGrid's primary goal is to bring the excitement of prime finding to the "everyday" computer user.IceWatch - IceWatchis part of the NatureWatchsuite of national volunteer monitoring programs designed to help identify ecological changes that may be affecting our environment [Canada]Stardust@home – analysis of interstellar dust particles collected from the Stardust spacecraft which returned to Earth from an encounter with a comet (Wild 2) [2006]CERN@school - detectors distributed to schools to gather data about secondary cosmic rays in the atmosphereFoldit - Foldit attempts to predict the structure of a protein by taking advantage of humans' puzzle-solving intuitions and having people play competitively to fold the best proteins.AfricaMap - open source web mapping system [Harvard]
14.27 3 introductory speakers (10mins max each – Karen will remind people informally when they are running out of time)Each speaker will be very briefly introduced prior to their presentation.
14.57 Quick webshots showing up to 5 different examples of Citizen Science projects – led by Jules with input from Marek and Chris if appropriate
14.57 Quick webshots showing up to 5 different examples of Citizen Science projects – led by Jules with input from Marek and Chris if appropriate
15.07 Audience discussion and input
15.35 Audience demonstration of Moonzoo: ‘Boulder Wars’ facilitated by Marek with input from Jules and Chris if appropriate
