Citizen Science Projects

About Citizen Science

Are you a Citizen Scientist?  You certainly can be!  Citizen Science is a way for individuals anywhere - regardless of age or profession - to collect data about a biological observation (a bumble bee in your backyard, a short horned lizard at your campsite, a penstemon blooming along a road cut, etc.) and submit to a larger organization for inclusion in a database used for real research.

The Berry Center offers multiple ways for you to be a Citizen Scientist! 

1. You can download the observation sheets, write down the data you observe, and submit it online - all on your own. 
2. You can participate in the Bumble Bee Brigade, which focuses entirely on bumble bee species native to Wyoming
3. You can request a Mission Impossible: WyoBio video for a group to participate in.

Citizen Science projects allow all individuals to get their feet wet with hands-on, practical application of the scientific method, from hypothesis to observation, data collection to results, analysis and conclusions.  Citizen Science projects are ideal for classrooms, day care groups, Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts, family outings, and many settings!

Questions?

Contact the Biodiversity Institute (biodiversity@uwyo.edu or 307-766-6240) with any questions or comments.