With informative and engaging text and high-quality photographs, Citizen Scientists introduces children (and adults) to 4 projects in which participation of ordinary people is part of important research. The projects profiled are ...

• Monarch Watch - in which citizens catch, tag, or report information from tagged butterflies

• Audubon Christmas Bird Count - in which citizens count winter birds

• Frog watch - which involves listening for frog and toad calls

• Lost ladybug - in which citizens help chronicle ladybug abundance and diversity

Each chapter describes the project and its importance while reporting on the experience of young people who are participating. There is much information about the butterflies and birds, frogs and ladybugs throughout the book. This is a science book that will definitely lure in young readers and will leave them anxious to participate and be informed about these creatures that for the most part live right in our backyards.

Source: AAAS 2013 SB&F Prize Winner 

​If you want to get involve in citizen science projects then look no further than SciStarter.com. This site offers over 600 projects to choose from. 

SciStarter is the place to find, join, and contribute to science through recreational activities and citizen science research projects.  Their database of citizen science projects enable discovery, organization, and greater participation in citizen science.  

SciStarter mission is to bring together the millions of citizen scientists in the world; the thousands of potential projects offered by researchers, organizations, and companies; and the resources, products, and services that enable citizens to pursue and enjoy these activities. We aim to:

• Enable and encourage people to learn about, participate in, and contribute to science through both informal recreational activities and formal research efforts.

• Inspire greater appreciation and promote a better understanding of science and technology among the general public.

• Create a shared space where scientists can talk with citizens interested in working on or learning about their research projects.

• Satisfy the popular urge to tinker, build, and explore by making it simple and fun for people—singles, parents, grandparents, kids—to jump in and get their hands dirty with science.

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