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From: Loree Griffin Burns <loreegriffinburns_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:56:25 -0700 (PDT)
Good morning,
One of my favorite brands of civic engagement is “citizen science.” The term can be used to describe backyard nature observers, more serious natural historians, and everyone in between. I’m particularly fond of the concept as it describes hundreds and hundreds of projects developed by professional scientists in order to better understand topics that are much too broad to study in isolation. Programs like MonarchWatch, Great Backyard Bird Count, Lost Ladybug Project depend on untrained—but intrigued!—children and adults to actively participate in the scientific process.  Here are a few titles that explore or expand the concept of citizen science for young readers, including one of my own:  CITIZEN SCIENTISTS: BE APART OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY FROM YOUR OWN BACKYARD, by Loree Griffin Burns, Photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz
(Holt, 2012). В ECO-TRACKING: ON THE TRAIL OF HABITAT CHANGE, by Daniel Shaw
(Univ of Mexico Press, 2012) В HOW WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT OUR CHANGING CLIMATE: SCIENTISTS AND KIDS EXPLORE GLOBAL WARMING, by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch (Dawn, 2008) В ACTING FOR NATURE: WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND THEWORLD HAVE DONE TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, by Sneed B. Collard III (Hey day, 2000)
All my best, Loree Burns
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Griffin Burns, Ph.D. Author of: Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard(Holt, 2012) The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe (Houghton, 2010) Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam and the Science of Ocean Motion (Houghton, 2007)
Learn more at www.loreeburn s.com В
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Received on Sat 06 Oct 2012 04:56:25 AM CDT
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:56:25 -0700 (PDT)
Good morning,
One of my favorite brands of civic engagement is “citizen science.” The term can be used to describe backyard nature observers, more serious natural historians, and everyone in between. I’m particularly fond of the concept as it describes hundreds and hundreds of projects developed by professional scientists in order to better understand topics that are much too broad to study in isolation. Programs like MonarchWatch, Great Backyard Bird Count, Lost Ladybug Project depend on untrained—but intrigued!—children and adults to actively participate in the scientific process.  Here are a few titles that explore or expand the concept of citizen science for young readers, including one of my own:  CITIZEN SCIENTISTS: BE APART OF SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY FROM YOUR OWN BACKYARD, by Loree Griffin Burns, Photographs by Ellen Harasimowicz
(Holt, 2012). В ECO-TRACKING: ON THE TRAIL OF HABITAT CHANGE, by Daniel Shaw
(Univ of Mexico Press, 2012) В HOW WE KNOW WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT OUR CHANGING CLIMATE: SCIENTISTS AND KIDS EXPLORE GLOBAL WARMING, by Lynne Cherry and Gary Braasch (Dawn, 2008) В ACTING FOR NATURE: WHAT YOUNG PEOPLE AROUND THEWORLD HAVE DONE TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT, by Sneed B. Collard III (Hey day, 2000)
All my best, Loree Burns
В В
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Griffin Burns, Ph.D. Author of: Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard(Holt, 2012) The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe (Houghton, 2010) Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam and the Science of Ocean Motion (Houghton, 2007)
Learn more at www.loreeburn s.com В
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Received on Sat 06 Oct 2012 04:56:25 AM CDT
