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RESEARCH PAPER
Citizens’ views on home experiments in the context of a chemistry citizen science project
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University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, GERMANY
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University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, GERMANY
Publication date: 2022-07-25
EURASIA J. Math., Sci Tech. Ed 2022;18(8):em2142
KEYWORDS
adult educationcitizen sciencehome experimentsnitrogen pollutionpublicparticipation in scientific research
ABSTRACT
Citizen science has gained importance in recent years and revealed great potential, especially
regarding science learning and environmental education. However, little is known about ways of
supporting individual learning processes within citizen science. With this in mind, a home
experiment set, the Nitrogen Box, was developed within a chemistry citizen science project on
nitrogen pollution of water bodies. The aim of the box was primarily to deepen the subject matter
and to sensitize the citizens to the topic. To gain deeper insights into the usability and added
value of home experiments in a citizen science context, semi-structured interviews were
conducted with ten citizens. Analysis of these interviews revealed that the nitrogen box
contributed to a consolidation and deepening of knowledge of the nitrogen problem in
Northwest Germany. Home experiment sets like Nitrogen Box can motivate and enable citizens
to engage more deeply with the scientific topic in the future, to reflect on it and discuss it. We
discuss how heterogeneity of the target group presents challenges for designing citizen science
projects and provide recommendations for the future projects.
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