Citizen Scientists Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard

by Burns, Loree Griffin; Harasimowicz, Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780805090628
• ISBN10: 0805090622
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-14
• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Summary

Anyone can get involved in gathering data for ongoing, actual scientific studies such as the Audubon Bird Count and FrogWatch USA. Just get out into a field, urban park, or your own backyard. You can put your nose to a monarch pupa or listen for raucous frog calls. You can tally woodpeckers or sweep the grass for ladybugs. This book, full of engaging photos and useful tips, will show you how.

Author Biography

Loree Griffin Burns, PhD., is the author of The Hive Detectives: Chronicle of a Honey Bee Catastrophe and Tracking Trash: Flotsam, Jetsam, and the Science of Ocean Motion, both ALA Notable books. She lives in Massachusetts. loreeburns.com

 

Ellen Harasimowicz also lives in Massachusetts and is a freelance photojournalist whose work has appeared in the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, and Scientific American. ellenharasimowicz.com

Table of Contents

Honors for Tracking Trash:

 

ALA Notable Books for Children

School Library Journal, starred review

Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, Nonfiction

Orbis Pictus Recommended Books (NCTE)

IRA Children’s Book Award, Nonfiction

Favorably reviewed in The New York Times (10/14/2007)

Favorably reviewed in The Los Angeles Times (9/23/2007)

 

Honors for Hive Detectives:

 

ALA Notable Books for Children

Booklist, starred review

Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Junior Library Guild Selection

AAAS/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Excellence in Science Books Finalist