We are scouring the country for microbes this month for our new citizen science research, Project MERCCURI! Meet the SciStarter team in San Antonio, New York City, Durham, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and Los Angeles.
April 11: National Science Teachers Association annual conference. From 2-3 pm, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, room 215. If you plan to be there, swing by and learn how to get involved in Project MERCCURI* to send microbes to space!
April 12: San Antonio Spurs game. Meet us on the court to collect microbes and shoot some baskets! The Spurs are offering discount tickets in addition to providing access to their court!
April 12: We'll be at Yuri's Night parties celebrating the anniversary of manned space flight...and helping guests collect microbes from their own shoes and cellphones. Meet us at the Museum of Life and Sciences in Durham, NC, the Science Club in Washington, DC, and the California Science Center in L.A.
April 16: We'll be at the National Arts Building in New York City to celebrate Yuri's Night and collect more microbes.
April 20: Philadelphia Science Festival on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway! Stay tuned for more on that!
April 20-21: Calling all programmers! Help hack an app for Project MERCCURI at the NASA Space Apps Challenge in Philly!
If you can’t make it to one of these events, have no fear. We’re in the process of confirming similar events across the country and WE NEED YOU to help us collect microbes and, if you're interested, analyze the results.
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PSSST: Every participant will earn a MERCCURI mission patch, too!
Find hundreds of opportunities to contribute to real research on the SciStarter Project Finder.
Happy experimenting!
- The SciStarter Team
