Getting Started in Citizen Science

Date: April 18, 2024 Speaker: Rebecca Funk, NOAA Citizen Science Program Support Specialist, NOAA Office of Education | ERT Summary: As part of her masters thesis, Rebecca created an instructional guide and planning tool for helping new citizen scientists create their own projects. She'll be sharing the tools she created as well as her findings with the initial pilot group. Keywords: citizen science, community science About the Speaker: Rebecca Funk- ERT - is the NOAA Citizen Science Program Support Specialist working to support community and crowdsourcing science throughout the agency. She has a B.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Resources from West Virginia University and recently completed her M.Ed. in Instructional Design from Western Governors University. Prior to joining NOAA in 2023, Rebecca was an AmeriCorps members at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center, she support community science initiative through the non-profit organization, Public Lab.