CITIZEN SCIENCE with kauai community science center

KCSC is always exploring new ways to work towards our goal of Bringing Science & Community Together. Citizen Science is something we are giving a try.

Citizen Science is when citizens, like us, run experiments, collect data and/or analyze data for scientists. The work of citizen scientists directly contributes to the work of real scientists and helps them to learn more and make new discoveries. There are only a limited number of scientists working on their research, but if we help them, they can collect more information/data from all over the world and dramatically increase the scope of their project. You can make a big difference by being a Citizen Scientist!

There are many Citizen Science projects and we would like to promote the projects and support all of you citizen scientists out there. You don't have to have any prior experience or expertise. This is open to anyone interested in giving it a try. 

PAST PROJECTS:
We have participated in the Wild Sourdough Project as the first Citizen Science project we promoted. We were able to do a test run with some AMAZING Science Teachers and Students at Waimea Canyon Middle School, so we knew that it would be fun and that you could also bake some delicious sourdough bread if you get through all 15 days of the project. 

Recently, we have participated in the Ant Picnic project hosted by Scistarter. See below for information on this project.

CURRENT PROJECTS:

Currently, we are participating in Project Monarch Health through the Odum School of Ecology at the University of Georgia. This project tracks the spread and impacts of a pathogen that debilitates monarchs nation-wide.