It’s Women’s History Month AND we’re simply 2 brief weeks from Citizen Science Month. Which’s why we have Rosie the Robot prompting everybody to roll up their sleeves and do their part by registering for the One Million Acts of Science Challenge! If all of us interact We Can Do It!
Picture of Maria Mitchell, ca. 1851, painted 4 years after Mitchell accomplished popularity for finding what became called “Miss Mitchell’s Comet.” (Credit: Public Domain, from The Archives and Special Collections of the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association.)
Commemorate Maria Mitchell, incredible astronomer and human
At the age of 16, Maria Mitchell opened her own public school on Nantucket Island- the only public school open up to kids of color. To hear the rest of her incredible story, tune into SciStarter LIVE, on Tuesday, March 19 at 2 pm United States eastern daytime time. Or, after March 19, view the video recording of the occasion on the SciStarter YouTube channel.
The CrowdWater person science task is an international effort to crowd-source details about streams and rivers, consisting of water levels, circulation rate, and plastic contamination. (Credit: CrowdWater)
Water you providing for World Water Day?
March 22 is World Water Day! This yearly United Nations observance day highlights the value of fresh water. To commemorate, how about signing up with CrowdWater? Download their mobile app and gather important info for rivers and streams near you, consisting of water levels, streamflow amounts, soil wetness, and plastic contamination for an international database.
Manatees have more intricate vocalizations than was formerly understood, particularly in between moms and their young. (Credit: Robert Bonde, USGS- Public Domain)
Value manatees
In honor of Manatee Appreciation Day (March 27), why not sign up with Manatee Chat? You’ll listen to undersea audio recordings and attempt to select and define manatee vocalizations.
There are almost 100 types of frog in North American, this northern leopard frog amongst them. For FrogWatch USA, you’ll listen to find what frogs reside in your location (Credit: Katie Goodwin, USFWS- public domain)
Keep an ear out for frogs
The job is called FrogWatch USA, however FrogListen may be more apt: as a volunteer, you’ll stake out an area where you’re most likely to hear frogs and invest 3 minutes listening and bearing in mind to show FrogWatch employees. What much better method to begin Frog Awareness Day (March 20). Seeing this after March 20? April is National Frog Month!
There are jobs and occasions for each day of Citizen Science Month in this interactive calendar.
Prepare yourself for Citizen Science Month
And speaking of April, April is Citizen Science Month, and this year individuals from all over the world will be contributing the One Million Acts of Science obstacle. And with this interactive calendar, you will not miss out on a minute of Citizen Science Month action! There are curated occasions and jobs that can be done from virtually anywhere throughout the month.
