ELSOL: A citizen science project for college students
ELSOL is a pilot project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The objective is to learn methods that increase the participation of minoritized individuals living in high poverty, from urban and rural areas, in STEM careers. The final goal is that these students do not stop their studies with only a two-year Associate of Science degree, and they want to continue studying in a university for at least another two or three years. This goal will be achieved by engagement through experiential learning in which students will take an introductory astrobiology/data science class that uses a Citizen Science (CS)-NASA radiotelescope. We describe the setup of the project in this proceeding, we share the main concepts learned from our students, and graphs obtained by the first generation. Likewise, we share some of our observations and recommendations to implement for the next semester that we teach the class.
Authors
- Joaquín Vázquez García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1636-5584)
- Ilhuiyolitzin Villicaña Pedraza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9632-3132)
- Eddie Davis
- Julia Álvarez Hernández (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1207-3613)
- Jessica Perez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8720-9282)
- Ninoska Mabel Valdivia Rosales
- Victoria Pando‐Robles (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9633-5627)
- J. Donald Butler
- Ana M. Sánchez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8230-6059)
- V.E. Viqueira Pérez
- David Castro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7574-0586)
- Irma Cecilia Trasviña Soto
- Jon Juarez
- Edgardo Saucedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2123-6162)
- Gustavo González (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3929-7556)
- Julio César Ríos Saucedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4797-5126)
- C.P. Suarez Rodriguez
- Mack Pokorny
- Manuel Benavides (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9817-1291)
- Cristian Molla‐Esparza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0783-617X)
- F. Carreto-Parra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0948-1512)
- Ricardo Ramirez
- Roberto J. Acosta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4855-4830)
- A. Rico
- S. Kurtz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4444-5602)
- M. Gail Jones
- Mario Miranda
- Alejandra Agüero Flores (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4887-9857)
- Shane Prugh
- Kathy Bell
- Rita González
- R. F. Naranjo Garcia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3222-6587)
- A. Olivas
- Ricardo Hernández
- Germán Sáez i Moreno
- Leslie Gonzalez
- Nikolas Vasquez
- Karely Chaparro
- Alyssa Favela
- Josue Olivos
- Javier Souffle
- Raquel Armendariz
- Mario Ochoa-Dominguez
- AJ Angel Angel
- Lydia Beltran-Barragan
- Zaida Facio
- Kristy Montoya
- Alex Rougeux
- Helen Guadarrama
Institutions
- New Mexico State University (US)
- The University of Texas at El Paso (US)
- Danville Area Community College (US)
- Universidad de Sonora (MX)
- Instituto Tecnológico de Morelia (MX)
- Universidad de las Américas Puebla (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Astronomy Education Journal
- Published
- 2024-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.32374/aej.aecon.2023.100aert
- Primary Topic
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00