If you’ve ever wanted to incorporate citizen science into the school year, but not known how to begin, this resource is for you! 

This video resource is narrated by two Earthwatch Education Learning Coordinators, Lotte Holloway and Anna Steele-Perkins. For ease of access, it has been split into two parts. 

Part 1 –  

What is citizen science? This includes the benefits and roles of citizens in projects.  

What is outdoor learning? A lot of CS projects involve the outdoors. Here we discuss the benefits of this and potential challenges (as well as ways to overcome these). Plus, motivations behind citizen science project participation and how to incorporate these, is discussed. 

Part 2 - 

This contains a range of real citizen science projects your students can get involved in across the year. One for each month (minus August and December). It discusses the what, when, why, and curriculum links, behind each project. Practical adaptations are also suggested, incase working outside is not possible. 

We’ll hope you’ll love this resource as much as we loved making it. Find both parts on our YouTube channel here: 

Part 1 - Citizen Science and Outdoor Learning Overview - Part 1 CS Video Resource

Part 2 - A Citizen Science Calendar for Schools - Part 2 CS Video Resource

The slides associated with part 1 are here:

The slides associated with part 2 are here: