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Assessment of a youth climate empowerment program: Climate READY
FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center, Florida Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Florida 33415, United States
Anne Henderson
FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center, Florida Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Florida 33415, United States
Ray Coleman
FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center, Florida Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Florida 33415, United States
Christopher Hill
FAU Pine Jog Environmental Education Center, Florida Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, Florida 33415, United States
Bradford T. Davey
Technology for Learning Consortium, Inc., Stuart, Florida 34996, United States
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Subject: Geoscience education | Keyword: Community engagement
Training citizen scientists through an online game developed for data quality control
Geo-locate project: a novel approach to resolving meteorological station location issues with the assistance of undergraduate students
Barbara Strobl, Simon Etter, H. J. Ilja van Meerveld, and Jan Seibert
Geosci. Commun., 3, 109–126, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-109-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-3-109-2020, 2020
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Training can deter people from joining a citizen science project but may be needed to ensure good data quality. In this study, we found that an online game that was originally developed for data quality control in a citizen science project can be used for training as well. These findings are useful for the development of training strategies for other citizen science projects because they indicate that gamified approaches might be valuable scalable training methods.
Simon Noone, Alison Brody, Sasha Brown, Niamh Cantwell, Martha Coleman, Louise Sarsfield Collins, Caoilfhionn Darcy, Dick Dee, Seán Donegan, Rowan Fealy, Padraig Flattery, Rhonda McGovern, Caspar Menkman, Michael Murphy, Christopher Phillips, Martina Roche, and Peter Thorne
Geosci. Commun., 2, 157–171, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-157-2019, https://doi.org/10.5194/gc-2-157-2019, 2019
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The Global Land and Marine Observations Database aims to produce a comprehensive land-based meteorological data archive and inventory. Data sources contained stations in incorrect locations; therefore, we developed the Geo-locate project, enlisting the help of undergraduate geography students. The project has resolved 1926 station issues so far. Due to the success of the Geo-locate project, we encourage other organizations to engage university students to help resolve similar data issues.
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The Climate Resilience and Education for Dedicated Youth (Climate READY) program was designed to teach 15–17-year-old students in low socio-economic communities to be agents of change in their community and to help prepare south Florida for the hazards of climate change. Students were taught the basics of climate, ways to be resilient to change, and how to become engaged with their communities. Students felt more prepared, confident, and able to communicate within their communities.
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