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Citizen science comes to public television this April

Explore how citizen science and mobile technology empower communities to track pollution and contribute vital data for research.

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Photo: The Crowd and the Cloud This April, The Crowd & The Cloud brings you a 4-part public television series exploring citizen science, crowdsourcing, and mobile technology. You'll find the SciStarter Project Finder on The Crowd & The Cloud website to help viewers of the show become do-ers of science! Below we've highlighted each episode and related projects to jump start your viewing!

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The SciStarter Team

Photo: The Crowd and The Cloud

Even Big Data Starts Small

The crowd, using mobile tech, and the cloud contribute to science that saves lives. In this episode, you'll hear stories of everyday people contributing data used for emergency management, researching Alzheimers, mapping oils spills, and more.

World Broadcast: April 6th at 9pm EST

(replayed at 9pm PST)

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CoCoRaHS

EyesOnALZ

PublicLab

OpenStreetMap

Photo: The Crowd and The Cloud

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