A citizen scientist is an individual who voluntarily contributes his or her time, effort, and resources toward scientific research in collaboration with professional scientists or alone. These individuals don’t necessarily have a formal science background.

While it’s easy to leave science to scientists and experts, it’s also easy to forget we live in the natural world of trees, lakes, rocks, flowers, and much more. Citizen science projects are a fun way for schools, families, community groups, and individuals to contribute hands on to science and our understanding of the natural world.
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All you need is a smartphone, time, and an internet connection to research possible projects. Scientists post their projects and use data collected by non-scientists for their research. For example, NASA has a citizen science project asking people to take pictures of trees from the ground so one of their satellites orbiting the earth can correctly calculate the number of trees on our planet. Turns out their satellite can count trees but can’t calculate the height of trees.

SciStarter Citizen Science
https://scistarter.com/page/Citizen%20Science.html
US Government Citizen Science Projects
https://www.citizenscience.gov/catalog/
Zooniverse
https://www.zooniverse.org/
National Geographic Citizen Science Projects
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/idea/citizen-science-projects/
Scientific American Citizen Science Projects
https://www.scientificamerican.com/citizen-science/
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_citizen_science_projects
Help NASA Measure Trees with Your Smartphone
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2019/help-nasa-measure-trees-with-new-app
NASA Globe Observer Citizen Science Program
https://observer.globe.gov/
Learn MoreCITIZEN SCIENCE.GOVhttps://www.citizenscience.gov/#https://www.citizenscience.gov/#
SCISTARTER CITIZEN SCIENCEhttps://scistarter.org/citizen-sciencehttps://scistarter.org/citizen-science
AMAZING CITIZEN SCIENTIST PROJECTShttps://www.kcedventures.com/blog/12-amazing-citizen-scientist-projects-for-kids
KIDS MAKE GREAT CITIZEN SCIENTISTShttps://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/kids-make-great-citizen-scientists
SIX CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTShttp://simplegreenorganichappy.com/2016/05/6-citizen-science-projects-for-2016-for-kids/
MONEY SAVING CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTShttps://www.thepennyhoarder.com/save-money/citizen-science-projects/

Climate Change Education is a middle and high school climate change curriculum from Stanford.
The American Educator has an issue on climate change.
Students want climate change lessons. Schools aren’t ready is from The L.A. Times.