Resources
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Collection of data will vary greatly for projects, but many citizen science initiatives already have built platforms or apps that can be tailored for your project’s data collection needs.
Resources
Applications (Apps)
Understanding Projects on iNaturalist
iNaturalist
Data Management
Indigenous Climate Monitoring Toolkit
CitizenScience.gov
Design
Citizen Science Quality Assurance Toolkit: Essential Elements of A Citizen Science Project
United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) and Association of Public Health Laboratories
Legal Resources
Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences
Methods
Indigenous Climate Monitoring Toolkit
Online Host Platforms
Platforms for hosting participatory science projects
Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences
Quality Control
Citizen Science Quality Assurance Toolkit: 5 Steps to Improve Citizen Science Data Quality
United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) and Association of Public Health Laboratories
Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences
Handbook for Citizen Science Quality Assurance and Documentation
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Templates for Citizen Science Quality Assurance and Documentation
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Working Together to Improve Citizen Science Data Quality: A Guide for Government Agencies
United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) and Association of Public Health Laboratories
Other
Data Ethics in the Participatory Sciences Toolkit
Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences
ECS project showcase: Sharing insights and facilitating dialogue in citizen science
European Citizen Science Association (ECSA)
The science of citizen science: Exploring barriers to use as a primary research tool
H.K. Burgess, L.B. DeBey, H.E. Froehlich, N. Schmidt, E.J. Theobald, A.K. Ettinger, J. HilleRisLambers, J. Tewksbury, J.K. Parrish