Citizen Science

Supervised by: Dr. Eiman Nazeer Kanjo

Presented by:Albatoul Al-Thinayan, Hala Al-Mutair, Rehab Al-Omar

College of Computer Science, Information System DepartmentKing Saud University

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Outlines

What is Citizen Science?

Citizen Science Projects Examples:Redwood Watch.Did You Feel It?World Water Monitoring Day.

References.

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What is Citizen Science?

Citizen Science is a method of research which involves the participation of the wider community of whom may have no specific scientific training, perform or manage research-related tasks such as observation, measurement or computation in scientific projects.

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Citizen Science (Cont.)

• Have more people collecting data and submitted via online survey instruments .

• Have taken data sets that would have required a small science team over a century to analyze and completed the analysis with a high level of accuracy in months.

• Scientists benefit from data collected over a large area, or over a long period of time.

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Did You Feel It?

• Did You Feel It?

• is a Web site produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to tap the abundant information available about earthquakes from the people who actually experience them.

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Did You Feel It?

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• PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST: David Wald, Supervisory Research Geophysicist.

• SCIENTIST AFFILIATION: USGS National Earthquake Information Centre.

• DATES: Ongoing

• PROJECT TYPE: Questionnaire

• COST: Free

• GRADE LEVEL: All Ages

• TIME COMMITMENT: Variable

• Redwood Watch is a citizen science project created by Save the Redwoods League scientists to:• help learn in what climates redwoods

can survive. • track the redwood forests' migration

over time.

• Redwood forests once grew in North America and beyond but their territory, which has shrunk due to changing landscapes and climates over millions of years.

Redwood Watch

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• Today stands at about 1.9 million acres along the coast of Northern California.

• Researchers believe that climate change will continue to impact the survival of these trees and are seeking help to map the areas where redwoods are currently thriving.

• Redwood tree observations can be made anywhere redwood trees are found and recorded using the Redwood Watch iPhone application.

Redwood Watch

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World Water Monitoring Day

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World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD) is an international education and outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world.

Water monitoring provides basic information about streams, lakes and coastal waters.

In 2011, approximately 340,000 people in 77 countries monitored their local waterways.

World Water Monitoring Day(Cont)

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When??WWMD is celebrated on September 18, but monitoring and educational events can take place between March 22 and December 31.

How??A test kits enables children and adults to sample local water bodies for a core set of water quality parameters including: temperature. acidity (pH).clarity. dissolved oxygen (DO).

References

1) http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/2) http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/investigate/participate/cit

izenscience3) http://www.scientificamerican.com/citizen-science/project.c

fm?id=world-water-monitoring-day4) http://water.epa.gov/

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Thank you For Your Listening

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