by Martha Morgan, Librarian
Recently, nonfiction author Loree Griffin Burns, came and visited Stoneridge and talked about writing and science with the Kindergarten through Middle School classrooms. She was a passionate speaker about our role as observers and actors in the natural world. She shared information and images from her two published books, The Hive Detectives : Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe and Tracking Trash : Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motions, and introduced us to the ideas behind her new book, Citizen Scientists : Be A Part of a Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard. This book, to be published SOON (February 14!), discusses ways for all of us to participate in scientific study.
Please ask your child about her visit and feel free to borrow one of her books from the Stoneridge Library!
Here is a link to her website and to order her new book:
http://www.loreeburns.com/books/citizen_scientists
And here is her response of her day visiting Stoneridge, including links to various "Citizen Scientist" projects:
Thank YOU for a lovely day! I enjoyed being part of your community for the day. What a wonderful environment for learning you all have created and fostered. I'm glad to hear that my visit sparked some interest in citizen science. Here are the links I promised to share:
International Coastal Cleanup http://www.oceanconservancy.org/news-room/marine-debris/
Great Sunflower Project http://www.greatsunflower.org/
Monarch Watch http://www.monarchwatch.org/
Great Backyard Bird Count http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/
FrogWatch http://www.aza.org/frogwatch/
Lost Ladybug Project http://www.lostladybug.org/
Science for Citizens http://scienceforcitizens.net/
(Note: this site was recently renamed SciStarter and given the new address http://scistarter.com/ I believe both addresses will work for some time, but the latter is the best one to use.)
Citizen Science Central http://www.birds.cornell.edu/citscitoolkit/
All best,
Loree
