Understanding how science works is critical to being able to conduct your research. Understanding how citizen science can be a very good complement to traditional science will help you assess where to aim for your scientific question.
Find the following information on the internet:
- Advantages of approaching a project through citizen science.
- The categories or types of projects that exist in citizen science according to the tasks that citizens carry out.
- What are the differences between a citizen science project and a science project with volunteers?
- The main characteristics that define science.
- What the scientific method consists of and how it has evolved?
We recommend that you take notes in a notebook and make sure that the sites you get the information from are trustworthy.
Here are some links that may help you:
- The origin of science and citizen science (Source: Bridge8)
- What is citizen science? (Source: Mosquito Alert)
- Citizen Science (Source: Chandra Clarke)
- 10 Principles of Citizen Science (Source: ECSA)
- Types of citizen science projects (Source: OpenLearn)
- European Citizen Science Association (Source: ECSA)
- Other CitSci Mosquitoes Project in The Netherlands (Source: Muggenradar)
- Characteristics of Science (Source: Berkeley University)
- More Characteristics of Science (Source: Your Article Library)
