Kenan Fellows Resources
“Citizen science is science in which the public, be they 8 or 80, engages in the process of doing science, science that contributes to our collective body of knowledge and is both novel and can be built upon.
Most hands-on science in classrooms is not citizen science in as much as the results obtained in the classroom do not become part of our collective understanding of the universe. In other words, citizen science is only complete if it is both novel and published.”
–Rob R. Dunn
General Information
- Science is Slow
- Caren Cooper’s “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Data”
- Press about Students Discover
Poring Over Pore Mites
Scientist Mentor: Dr. Dan Fergus
[in press, contact danieljfergus [at] gmail [dot] com for more information]
Ed Yong’s “Everything you never wanted to know about the mites that eat, crawl, and have sex on your face”
The Biggest Microscope in the World Part 1
The Biggest Microscope in the World Part 2
Soil Microbiome
Scientist Mentor: Dr. Julia Stevens
- Before They Were Scientists: Julia Stevens
- Belly Button Biodiversity
- Invisible Life
- The Biggest Microscope in the World Part 1
- The Biggest Microscope in the World Part 2
Virtual Labs
eMammal Camera Traps: Backyard Stakeout
Scientist Mentor: Dr. Stephanie Schuttler
- Before They Were Scientists: Stephanie Schuttler
- Project Page
- Chicken Coop Stakeout
- New eMammal Opportunity in Raleigh Area
- “Can Animals Take a Selfie?” Smithsonian Institution, May 19, 2014
- [Press] “How wild is your backyard?” News & Observer, March 2, 2014
- [Press] “Inside NC Science: Is your cat on the prowl?” News & Observer, May 18, 2014
Prehistoric Forensics and Dinosaur Evolution
Scientist Mentor: Dr. Terry “Bucky” Gates
Cretaceous Cold Cases
- Cretaceous Cold Cases #1: A Case With Legs
- Cretaceous Cold Cases #2, Part 1: It’s a Trap?
- Cretaceous Cold Cases #3: Duck(bill) Amuck
- Cretaceous Cold Cases #4: Graveyard Shift
Related News: “Middle School Students Make Scientific Discovery” Leesburg Today, May 30, 2014