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Vital Signs

January 1, 1999 | Public Programs, Informal/Formal Connections

Vital Signs a community-based education program that links middle school students, citizen scientists, and scientists in the collection and analysis of environmental data related to invasive species. Vital Signs leverages technology to enable students to practice scientific inquiry, collect rigorous and consistent data, share the data and knowledge they have collected, and to serve as a distributed data collection network for the scientific community.

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Gulf of Maine Research Institute
    Contributor
  • Discipline: Ecology, forestry, and agriculture | Life science | Nature of science
    Audience: Middle School Children (11-13) | Adults | Educators/Teachers | Scientists
    Environment Type: Public Programs | Citizen Science Programs | Informal/Formal Connections | K-12 Programs

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