Course Description

This is a free 2 hour course that guides the implementation of citizen science projects in schools.

It is designed to guide educators through the process of incorporating citizen science in their daily school practices, in a relevant and organic way, creating meaningful learning experiences for students through the development of projects and activities aimed at tackling local relevant challenges based on collaborative work with local partners. This way, we expect to promote an active citizenship while contributing to the development, innovation and welfare of the community.

The course is divided into seven learning sections, one final self-assessment quiz and one further information and reading section. These seven learning sections work as a roadmap that guides educators from the identification of their motivations, goals and local challenges or opportunities to the implementation and evaluation of a collaborative participation in a citizen science project to test a locally relevant scientific question.

By the end of this course, you will have built a strategy to integrate citizen science in your school daily practices, allowing you, together with your students, to tackle a local relevant challenge or opportunity within your community, while learning from the experience and expertise of local partners.

Introductory knowledge of what citizen science is may be advised but not required.

The enrolment key to this course is SchoolCitSci.