*NEON Citizen Science Academy * Registration is Open NOW for 2014 Winter Courses
http://www.citizenscienceacademy.org/courses The NEON Citizen Science Academy offers facilitated, self-paced, online courses for Formal and Informal educators wanting to incorporate citizen science into their educational programs. Courses run approximately 1 month. Winter Term Offerings (February 4 – March 7, 2014) - CSA 501a/b: Introduction to Project BudBurst for Educators - CSA 502: Working with Project BudBurst Data in an Education Setting - NEW! CSA 503: Project BudBurst Certification Program for Educators (ends April 4) - NEW! CSA 520: Introduction to Citizen Science: Explorations in Educational Settings *CSA 501 Introduction to Project BudBurst for Educators* This professional development course will provide you with detailed information about Project BudBurst and how to participate, including how to select your plants and make observations, suggestions for structuring your learning environment, educational activities to engage your learners in making observations, analyzing data, as well as forming a community with other educators. *CSA 502 Using Project BudBurst Data in an Educational Setting* This course will overview using Project BudBurst data in the classroom. The course will highlight an exciting new set of online data visualization tools developed by the National Geographic FieldScope program. It will also cover plant adaptations to a changing climate, and links between Project BudBurst data and other broadscale data sets. This course is offered in one section that considers both formal and informal educational objectives. *NEW! CSA 503 Project BudBurst Certification Program for Educators* Have you completed both CSA 501 (or 551) and CSA 502? Are you an enthusiastic educator who would like to take your participation in Project BudBurst to a new level by engaging other citizen scientists? Take this practicum course and become a certified Project BudBurst Instructor! Due to the practicum aspect of this course, participation in this 60-day course will be limited to the first 10 qualified applicants, so be sure to register today! *NEW! CSA 520 Introduction to Citizen Science: Explorations in Educational Settings * Do you currently use Citizen Science in your teaching or outreach? Would you like to? In this course, you will become familiar with five successful Citizen Science projects especially suited to both formal and informal education. Course fee: $35 Each course is limited to 50 participants, except for CSA503 with a maximum of 10. For those interested in teacher re-certification, all 30-day courses can be taken for 2 optional, graduate level continuing education credits from Colorado School of Mines. The fee for 2 optional credits is $90. Participants in CSA503 (60-days) are eligible to earn 3 optional credits. Questions? Email us at [email protected] Register at http://www.citizenscienceacademy.org/courses *Sarah Newman* | Project BudBurst Partner Coordinator | Citizen Science Coordinator *Project BudBurst | NEON | National Ecological Observatory Network *1685 38th St., Suite 100, Boulder CO 80301 720.746.4919 | neoninc.org <http://www.neoninc.org/> | budburst.org<http://www.budburst.org/> Facebook: Project BudBurst <https://www.facebook.com/ProjectBudBurst> | Twitter: @PBudBurst <https://twitter.com/PBudBurst>
