Citizen Science

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Generating initial questions

You now have a specific phenomenon you'd like to study, but why do you want to study it?  At this point you'll want to start listing questions you have around this particular phenomenon so you can get an idea of the information you'll need to get started, and to generate a testable hypothesis.

Using geospatial variations in the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide here are some example questions:

1. Which areas in Los Angeles have the highest consistent levels of carbon dioxide in air?

2. How do these levels fluctuate over the course of a year?

3. Does the amount of green space in a neighborhood impact this level?

You'll want to generate a number of these questions so as to better define your project, and to guide you towards a testable hypothesis.

Task Discussion


  • Stephanie Trejo   June 28, 2013, 3:51 p.m.

    1. How will we be able to capture more insects, because ive noticed that we have been catching fewer insects

  • levisimons   June 28, 2013, 3:59 p.m.
    In Reply To:   Stephanie Trejo   June 28, 2013, 3:51 p.m.

    There might also be an issue with the night time weather changing what's arround to fly into the traps.  We could go back into the data and add weather information if need be to test that.

  • Viana Garcia   June 28, 2013, 2:19 p.m.

    1. By testing out different traps to fine th one that is efficient enought to catch a good amount of bugs.

    2. How will we make a trap that will attract the insects but not any other creatures besides insects. By not using food for sure, but mostly just trying to find out wht attracts insects only.

    3. I'm thinking that the brighter the light is the more insects that we could capture.

  • levisimons   June 28, 2013, 3:48 p.m.
    In Reply To:   Viana Garcia   June 28, 2013, 2:19 p.m.

    Viana,

    That's our next test.  Let's see what happens.

  • Tristian   June 27, 2013, 4:29 p.m.

    1.How to make efficient traps for insects.

    2. How will we make a trap that will attract the insects but not any other creatures besides insects.

    3. How will the amount of lights ffect the amount of insects we get.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • levisimons   June 27, 2013, 4:36 p.m.
    In Reply To:   Tristian   June 27, 2013, 4:29 p.m.

    1.How to make efficient traps for insects.  How are you defining efficiency?

    2. How will we make a trap that will attract the insects but not any other creatures besides insects.  Really good point.

    3. How will the amount of lights ffect the amount of insects we get.  Are you thinking of comparing the number of insects versus the number of LEDs?

  • David Olin   June 17, 2013, 3:47 p.m.

    1. How we outfit phones to detet cosmic rays in DECO.

    2. The energy of the cosmic rays we will be detecting.

    3. Their possible points of origin.

  • levisimons   June 17, 2013, 4:01 p.m.
    In Reply To:   David Olin   June 17, 2013, 3:47 p.m.

    1. Start with the DECO Wiki: http://www.globalsensorweb.org/wiki/index.php/DECO

    2. Search for 'extensive air showers' to get an idea.

    3. Search for 'extensive air shower sources'.

  • MaxCaplow   June 17, 2013, 3:43 p.m.

    1.  How often do high energy cosmic rays hit earth?

    2.  How does the elevation of the sensor change the data gathered

    3.  Where are the cosmic rays from

    4.  What can the data we gather tell us about what happened to the body that created the cosmic rays.

  • levisimons   June 17, 2013, 5:53 p.m.
    In Reply To:   MaxCaplow   June 17, 2013, 3:43 p.m.

    1. A rough answer is here: http://cosmic.lbl.gov/SKliewer/Cosmic_Rays/Muons.htm

    2 - 4. A great overview of all of these questions: http://www.nscl.msu.edu/files/3d%20PAN%20cosmic%20ray%20articles_0.pdf