CSS Events and Trainings
Free YCCS training — November 17
Youth-focused community and citizen science via distance learning
The annual conference — Science in the River City — is online this year, and it’s also free! Join Peggy Harte, Education Program Manager for the Center for Community and Citizen Science, for a free training on the basics of Youth-focused Community and Citizen Science in the classroom and online.
Global Collabinar: Community-based SDGs Monitoring in DR Congo
March 2nd, 10am
We are looking forward to our next Global CCS Collabinar! Please join us online or in-person for —
Implementing a
Community-based SDGs Monitoring Approach in DR Congo
Monday, March 2nd
from 10:00-11:00am PT
1460 Drew Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616
Please RSVP here to attend in-person or virtually via Zoom.
Collabinar: Data Quality and Citizen Science
February 18th, 11am
Global Collabinar: Building Connections – Citizen Science & the Ocean
December 4th, 2019
We are looking forward to our next Global CCS Collabinar! Please join us online or in-person for —
Building Connections:
Citizen Science and the Ocean
Wednesday, December 4th
from 3:00pm-5:00pm PST
Dr. Rachel Kelly from the Centre for Marine Socioecology, Tasmania will present new marine citizen science research, and we will discuss developing programs to support the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Please see below and event flyer for more details and RSVP.
Global Collabinar: Building Career Pathways & Networks for Underrepresented STEM Students
June 11th, 2019
We hope you can join us online or in-person next week for another CCS Collabinar—
Building Career Pathways and
Networks for Underrepresented STEM Students
Tuesday, June 11th
From 1:00pm-3:00pm PST
At this Collabinar, we will be hearing from Melissa B. Wilson, who will share her experiences working in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Our discussion will focus on ways to engage underrepresented students in STEM careers.
Collabinar: CALeDNA, Next Steps
May 24th, 2019
Our CCS Collabinar Series featured another great presentation—
CALeDNA, Next Steps:
Creating a scalable roadmap for how a community science program
involved in cutting edge research can build a strong feedback
loop.
Friday, May 24th
from 11:00am-1:00pm PST
Launched in 2017, CALeDNA is a University of California community science program that uses environmental DNA to monitor California’s biodiversity. Creating an open data platform aimed at the public and researchers alike was a first step in engaging both parties in this research. Analyses thus far have demonstrated the effectiveness of marine protected areas, the relationship between fire and plant biodiversity, and the spread of invasive species. They have also shown which questions are well-suited to eDNA methods and which are not. CALeDNA wants to empower their broad community with genetics literacy and the ability to use eDNA for innovation and problem solving.
Collabinar: SciStarter Education
May 17th, 2019
We have enjoyed continuing our Collabinar series this spring! On Friday, May 17th we had the fascinating opportunity to learn more about—
Sci Starter Education: a new, pilot, Ed-Tech platform to integrate facilitator-led citizen science in schools through district- and school-wide approaches
Many may have heard of SciStarter, which helps people
find, join, and contribute to citizen science through its
database of thousands of citizen science projects taking place
all over the world. In this event, we learned about a new
SciStarter initiative that points to possibilities for scaled up
integration of citizen science in the classroom.
CITY NATURE CHALLENGE
April 26th 2019- April 29th 2019
The City Nature Challenge began as a nature-observation competition between the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles County in 2016, organized around simple charge: “which city can find the most nature?” Since then, the competition has expanded rapidly, and this year more than 120 cities will participate worldwide!
Collabinar: Place-Based Citizen Science in Lake Tahoe
December 5th, 2018
The Center hosted another CCS
Collabinar event from 9:00-11:00 AM on Wednesday, December 5th.
The presentation focused on place-based citizen science in Lake
Tahoe, and integrating multiple projects in a single framework.
Collabinar: Citizen Science for Biodiversity Education in South Africa
November 7th, 2018
The Center hosted another CCS Collabinar event on Wednesday, November 7th, from 9:00-11:00am— with Dr. Palesa Mothapo!
Dr. Palesa Mothapo is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Stellenbosch University, South Africa and a current Mandela Washington Fellow who researches the impacts of invasive species on natural and human environments. She presented her work, ”Tshotshi101, Ants in my Backyard: A case study of citizen science for biodiversity education in South Africa,” then we workshopped some of her questions about using citizen science to monitor invasive species distribution, abundance, and notable impacts.
Collabinar: Youth citizen science and appreciation for science and biodiversity in Brazil
October 24th, 2018
Our first CCS Collabinar was held on Wednesday, October 24, 9-10am. Caren Souza and Nayara Hachich presented their work on two new citizen science initiatives in Brazil, one in Conde and another in Mucugê, which will engage participants, including youth, in biodiversity science. The interdisciplinary team gave us an overview of the project, and then we worked together on a variety questions related to motivations, learning, and science and biodiversity.
3-Day Institute prepares educators for real science in the garden with students.
We are still glowing from our three days of shared learning, planning, and camaraderie with local partners, teachers, after-school educators, school garden coordinators. With thanks to our partner, Yolo Farm to Fork, who developed the article below, we offer some initial insights from this workshop, with more to come in the near future!
Reflecting on our Woolman Center workshop
Named after a mythical land from a novela when the Spanish first arrived, California was said to be paradise on Earth. However, times have changed since the Spanish first laid their eyes on the place we now call home. Social activists have spoken openly about the disasters of environmental change and many, from the top of California’s government to grassroots organizations are beginning to create much more systematic and widespread awareness and change with initiatives.
Sharing Community & Citizen Science with Local Educators
In February, we teamed up with Pepperwood Preserve and Sonoma County K-5th grade educators to run a workshop on how to facilitate community and citizen science in the classroom. Activities included observational sketching, a mini bioblitz, and sharing the YCCS Environmental Science Agency framework. Educators left eager and equip to try out new projects in creative ways with their students.
