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School Outreach: A Practical Guide
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School Outreach: A Practical Guide
Snow Depth Mapping via Social Media
What is citizen Science?
Muller (2013)
170 tweeted data points obtained from Twitter and Facebook users in Feb 2013
Used to map snow-depth across Midlands
Citizen science is a form of collaborative research involving members of the public.
It can be thought of as a form of crowdsourcing - or ‘participatory sensing’ - when it actively involves citizens collecting or generating data.
But can also involve member of the public analysing or interpreting data
Hardware sensors can be used by citizens to collect data but citizens themselves can also be ‘virtual sensors’ by interpreting sensory data.
Social media and other web 2.0 technology (e.g. Smart apps) are increasingly used to enhance citizen science projects
UCRaiN: UK Citizen Rainfall Network
Why Citizen Science?
Contribution to science and society is a key motivation for many people to become involved in citizen science projects.
Incentives for participants:
Rewards- monetary
Gamification- league tables etc
Citizen science projects are becoming an increasingly popular means to engage the public whilst also benefiting scientific research
Use of social media and emerging and afordable technologies are causing a surge in Citizen science projects (Gura, 2013) and (Silvertown, 2009).
Crowdsourcing Vehicle temperatures via social media
Muller et al. (under review)
Source temperatures from car thermometers via social media
Based on post-code location
Need for thorough QA/QC and metadata
Examples
Developing Outreach Activities for Schools
Rosemarie Graves, The University of Leicester
Online Help and Resources
Questions to ask yourself
www.rsc.org/Education/HESTEM/Outreach/
www.nationalstemcentre.org.uk
Target Audience?
Aims?
Skills?
Duration?
Have you got volunteers to help?
Do you need any equipment?
Funding? Time/equipment
Clean Air for Schools
Target Audience
Aims
Skills
Duration
Volunteers
Equipment
Funding
School led Project
Overview
Target Audience
Aims
Skills
Duration
Volunteers
Equipment
Funding
Make sure you come up with an activity that's realistic for your skills, experience, time availability and budget.
Ask for help, from colleagues or teachers.
Know what outcomes you would like from the activity.
Most importantly have fun!
Targeting Your Audience
Why?
Who?
Where?
How?
www.celluloidjunkie.com
Evaluation
Evaluation Checklist
1. Make a note of the metrics.
2. Write a short summary of the outreach activity.
3. Get feedback from students, teachers, and demonstrators.
4. Begin the evaluation process at the beginning.
5. Treat the outreach activity as a scientific experiment.
Galaxy Zoo: www.galaxyzoo.org
NestWatch: http://nestwatch.org/
Old Weather : http://www.oldweather.org/
PING: http://mping.nssl.noaa.gov/
www.open.ac.uk
It's Not Over!
Geo-Outreach: delivery in the classroom and beyond
European Geosciences Union
Jane Robb, EGU Educational Fellow, Director (Policy and Research) at www.unboxd.co.uk, Executive Committee member of Geology for Global Development and to-be geology PhD student!
Scottish Earth Science Education Forum
Exscitec and Imperial College London
Some final tips...
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) for Scottish secondary schools - in collaboration with Scottish Power
Residential field trip for high achieving students from low participation backgrounds. Two streams: Marine and Earth Science.
Key thoughts?
- Be adaptable and patient with different learning styles.
- Winging it is OK - especially when faced with diverse groups.
- Get yourself opportunities to practice - your teaching will constantly evolve and improve
- Make things personal - understanding how to engage with your audience is just as important as good teaching practice. And you learn stuff too!
- Get as much experience as you can, as early as you can!
Aim: to get students aspiring to university education.
Geology Highers (qualification) field skills day
University of Edinburgh Geological Outreach Course
Working with George Heriots School and the National Museum of Scotland (Edinburgh)
www.britishscienceassociation.org
Conclusions
1. Why are you targeting this audience?
2. Work with educators to develop activity.
3. Make things personal.
4. Don't forget to think about the science outcomes of your work.
5. Plan and budget your time and access to equipment.
6. Does NOT end after leaving the classroom!
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