What is Citizen Science in the Schoolyard (CSS)?
CSS Defined A partnership between students and professional scientists to conduct large-scale research. • Guided by scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, students collect meaningful data according to easy protocols. • Scientists use that data to understand how bird populations are changing across the continent. An opportunity for teachers to promote scientific inquiry, interdisciplinary learning, and environmental awareness. Through participation in Citizen Science projects, students • design and develop their own research projects. • experience interdisciplinary learning through research, data analysis, artwork, poetry, and more. • become concerned stewards of the environment, starting at their schools and at their homes. A mechanism (vehicle?) for teaching about the natural world while incorporating teaching standards. According to NSES: • Students should engage in extended inquiry • Teachers should model the skills of scientific inquiry • “Real” research should occur in the
