This National Science Week, discover how you can contribute to real NASA science at your local library! Join us for a live online event that features special guests from the NASA GLOBE Program and is perfect for families, students, educators, library users, and citizen science beginners. You will learn how communities around the world are collecting and sharing environmental data to help NASA monitor the planet in areas such as cloud cover, tree height, land cover and land use, and mosquito habitats.
In this special National Science Week event, scientists from NASA GLOBE will be presenting online and featured at public libraries across Australia in their Citizen Science Corners – dedicated spaces that connect communities with real scientific research by partnering with experts from STEM industries. In this 1-hour session, NASA GLOBE scientists will:
- Show how Australian communities can use the GLOBE Observer app to collect and share data with NASA
- Explain how your observations on the ground complement data collected by satellites in space
- Guide you through a live activity so you can start contributing from your backyard or your library’s Citizen Science Corner
- Answer your questions live
No science background needed — just curiosity and a willingness to look closely at the world around you. Come along and find out how your local library is becoming a launchpad for planetary science!
This event is part of the Citizen Science Corner project, led by the Australian Citizen Science Association (ACSA) in partnership with the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) funded through the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, Science Engagement Program: Maker Projects for community STEM Engagement.
