An Introduction to Data Science Using Citizen Science Data

This activity provides the students with a basic introduction data science. Students will work their way through the process of downloading online data. data cleaning, analysis and presentation. Estimated total time is four hours, but can be easily broken into several blocks. Opportunities for formative and summative assessment at the end of each major step. This activity would fit well in courses for: ecology, environmental science/policy, water science. This activity uses citizen science data from the Chesapeake Water Watch program.