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Education in the Zooniverse
Are you an educator interested in using Zooniverse in the classroom? Great! Millions of people around the world participate in about 100 active projects, each with a supportive and welcoming discussion forum in which researchers engage with the public around the research and broader interests. The Zooniverse is a wonderful place for students.
Resources for Educators
Explore Zooniverse ClassroomsSet classification milestones, track effort, and celebrate collective impact. Read our announcement for more details.
Each project team can share additional educator resources including lesson plans, video tutorials, research links, and more. Be sure to check a project’s Education tab.
Support for students fulfilling student service hours for scholarships, graduation requirements, and more.
How are Educators using the Zooniverse?
A New Curriculum Development Model for Improving Undergraduate Students’ Data Literacy and Self-Efficacy...
There is a critical need for research-based active learning instructional materials for the teaching and learning of STEM in online courses. Every year, hundreds of thousands of undergraduate non-science majors enroll in general education astronomy c...
Read moreU!Scientist and the Galaxy Zoo touch table at Adler Planetarium
“Everyone try to grab the same galaxy,” a boy exclaimed while motioning to his classmates. Around the table, six students began dragging an image of a galaxy from the center of a large touch screen onto their own workstation. It’s very likely these s...
Read more8th graders in Missouri transcribe anti-slavery documents and learn about the abolitionist movement
As a social studies teacher, I hope for my students to develop an appreciation of the discipline of history itself. Rather than emphasizing memorization of dates and names – the kind of things that fall out of our memory as soon as we put them down o...
Read moreFloating Forests: Teaching Young Children About Kelp
Today’s blog post comes from Fran Wilson, a second grade teacher at Madeira Elementary School. Fran strives to promote an interest in science in her classroom and help students discover that not all scientists work in labs wearing white lab coats and...
Read moreTake Part in the Conversation
Keep up with the latest Zooniverse educational efforts on the Zooniverse Blog. You can also join the conversation in our discussion forum around Education and the Zooniverse.