Citizen Science and Radioactivity

Citizen science is a term used to describe science where the general public is involved in scientific research. This article reports on a citizen science project carried out in Sweden during the autumn of 2018, where 135 secondary school classes (pupils of age 13-16) participated by collecting mushr...

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Published inNuclear physics news Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 25 - 28
Main Authors Andersson-Sundén, Erik, Gustavsson, Cecilia, Hjalmarsson, Anders, Jacewicz, Marek, Lantz, Mattias, Marciniewski, Pawel, Ziemann, Volker, Barker, Abigail, Lundén, Karl
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis 03.04.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Astronomy
Earth sciences
Mushrooms
Radioactivity
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Summary:Citizen science is a term used to describe science where the general public is involved in scientific research. This article reports on a citizen science project carried out in Sweden during the autumn of 2018, where 135 secondary school classes (pupils of age 13-16) participated by collecting mushrooms, soil samples, and animal droppings. In addition, they prepared samples and performed preliminary analyses before submitting their samples and results to Uppsala University (UU) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) for further compilation and analysis. This was an interdisciplinary project where the involved departments from UU were Physics and Astronomy together with Earth Sciences. The collaboration was further strengthened with the inclusion of the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology at SLU.
ISSN:1061-9127
1931-7336
DOI:10.1080/10619127.2019.1603559