Citizen science comes to public television this April.

Jay OwenGlobal Citizen

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!

 

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)