Citizen science can bridge the gap between school science and the real world

<p><a class="wikilink" href="/citizen_science/">Citizen science</a> refers to projects in which non-professional scientists generate or analyze data. If there would be a systematic implementation of those projects at a school-level, that would help avoid the problem of <a class="wikilink" href="/science_in_the_classroom_is_separated_from_the_real_world_outside/">science in the classroom is separated from the real world outside</a>, and at the same time it would give students a purpose and has the potential of massively helping scientists. </p> <p>The only project I am aware of that targets this specific niche is <a href="https://www.astroplant.io/">Astroplant</a>. Students can grow plants under different conditions and share the data with a central hub that collects them and serves scientists trying to understand how to grow plants in space and generate circular economies.</p>