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Citizen Science podcast, Episode 3: SkNOWledge

Are you excited about snow?! Try getting involved with this month’s Citizen Science project!

Listen to our podcast about how you can get involved here.

This month, the Nampa Public Library podcast; Citizen Science Edition is featuring the SkNOWledge Collective. This project is a citizen science initiative sparking collaboration and discussion about snow in the environment and its significance for water resources in our communities. Learners are engaged through outdoor field-based activities by collecting valuable meteorological data from snowfall. Anyone, any-age, can contribute!

Share your observations here.

Citizen Science projects allow for people all around the globe to contribute to providing scientific data for ongoing scientific research projects! To learn more, listen to the Nampa Public Library’s Citizen Science podcast, each month we will be featuring a Citizen Science project that you can get involved with right here in Nampa!

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Check out these corresponding books from our Library that are available for check out right now:

  • Snow, Ready-to-Read Level 1 by Marion Dane Bauer and Illustrated by John Wallace
  • Snow (Our Wonderful Weather) by Valerie Bodden
  • Snow: A History of the World’s Most Fascinating Flake by Anthony R. Wood

Other interesting links:

  • My Nature Photo Essay
  • Sky Watchers: Lesson Plans & Resources
  • Weather: Precipitation Resources & Lesson Plans
  • Cryosphere Themed Lesson Plans
  • Learn about snow with Arctic Scientist Dr. Josh King
  • How to identify snowflakes
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