2022 article
Taking the Pulse of the Planet
Cooper, C. (2022, June 22).
Caren Cooper, Ph.D. started out curious about birds, but became even more curious about bird watchers, and other people re-defining expertise as they share observations of flowers, weather, planets, pollution, and more. Cooper realized the extraordinary collective power brought to scientific discovery when people share their observations. This collective power is called citizen science. In her talk, Caren will: (1) review how citizen science is transforming scientific discovery, (2) introduce students to NC Stateâs Citizen Science Campus program, (3) walk students through an NC State citizen science project about safe drinking water (for which they received a kit in the mail), and (4) show students three ways they can, as citizen scientists, fight the pandemic.