*Experience NEON’s Citizen Science Academy Online*
Are you looking for a way to include citizen science in your teaching but not sure where to start? NEON’s Citizen Science Academy (CSA) is a professional development resource designed to help educators successfully engage learners in key aspects of citizen science from making observations and measurements, to visualization, and more. NEON’s CSA offers facilitated, self-paced, online courses for formal, informal, and non-formal educators wishing to incorporate citizen science into their educational programs. Registration is now open for the Summer 2014 term. *Summer Term (Jul 1 – Aug 1) offerings:* - CSA 501a/b: Introduction to Project BudBurst for Educators - CSA 502: Working with Project BudBurst Data in an Education Setting - NEW! CSA 520: Introduction to Citizen Science: Explorations in Educational Settings *NEW! CSA 520 Introduction to Citizen Science: Explorations in Educational Settings* Do you currently use Citizen Science in your teaching or outreach? Would you like to? In this course, you will become familiar with five successful Citizen Science projects especially suited to both formal and informal education. The projects you will learn about include: CoCoRaHS, Picture Post, Ebird, FrogWatch USA, and Project BudBurst. *CSA 501 Introduction to Project BudBurst for Educators* Looking for a way to engage your learners in the science of phenology? This professional development course will provide you with detailed information about Project BudBurst and how to participate, including how to select your plants and make observations, suggestions for structuring your learning environment, educational activities to engage your learners in making observations and analyzing data. You’ll also form a community with other educators from around the country. *CSA 502 Using Project BudBurst Data in an Educational Setting* You’ve engaged your learners with Project BudBurst and now you’d like to explore the data! This course overviews how to use Project BudBurst data in formal and informal learning environments. The course highlights an exciting set of online data visualization tools developed by the National Geographic FieldScope program. It also covers plant adaptations to a changing climate, and links between Project BudBurst data and other large data sets. This course is offered in one section that considers both formal and informal educational objectives. Courses are $35 and run approximately 1 month. Each course is limited to 30 participants. For those interested in teacher re-certification, each 30-day course can be taken for 2 optional graduate-level continuing education credits from Colorado School of Mines. The fee for 2 optional credits is $90. Questions? Email us at [email protected] Register at http://www.citizenscienceacademy.org/courses
