This course will become read-only in the near future. Tell us at community.p2pu.org if that is a problem.
This is a course for anyone who wants to get involved in developing a citizen science research project.
Using off the shelf equipment, and free software, course participants will learn how to go from constructing a research question, to analyzing data, to communicating their findings.
This course follows the scientific method through a series of questions. In addressing these questions participants will develop and run their project.
This course seeks to both increase the scientific literacy skills of its participants, as well as increase their level of civic engagement through science.
What has been done before which is closely related to your project? Answering this question can be done throughout your project, and it will likely happen multiple times, but it needs to be done to help build your project and avoid others' pitfalls. Your work will be built on the work of others, so cite accordingly.
Start documenting your references, and short paragraphs which help put them in context of the work you're trying to do.
