We at the Science Math Resource Center are fans of citizen science and are building a Citizen Science Network. We will send this occasional e-newsletter to share news and information about citizen science events and opportunities at MSU, in Montana and across the country. If you have an item to share, an idea for building the network, or a question, please contact the MSU Science Math Resource Center.

April is Citizen Science Month!

We are smack dab in the middle of the year’s biggest citizen science celebration. April is always Citizen Science Month, an annual event from SciStarter and partners. Citizen Science is a global movement that involves people from all walks of life in real science that matters to them. There is so much to share that this newsletter is just Part 1 of all the action....stay tuned next week for Part 2 and more amazing citizen science at MSU!

Join the MSU Science Math Resource Center in celebrating International Citizen Science Month and learn more about local biodiversity! We’re participating in a BioQuest Challenge and competing against other universities around the world to collect as many sightings of local wildlife, including wild animals, plants, and fungi, as we can. You can play from campus, home, or anywhere around the Bozeman area. Registration is free and sightings are collected throughout the year, so be sure to keep an eye out for new wildlife going into the summer months.

To join our team, simply follow the QR code below or on SMRC’s Citizen Science page to be redirected to the QuestaGame app, where you can photograph and upload images to the QuestaGame database directly from your phone. Alternatively, you can search for the team “Montana State University” in the app and request to join our quest – our team’s password is “montana”.

For more information, please contact Julia Wente, SMRC’s STEM Project Coordinator. For additional information about the app, refer to the BioQuest website.