Carrier, Sarah J. and Sachs, Lindsey H. and McGowan, Jill M. and Hayes, Meredith and Smith, P. Sean and Goforth, Christine L. and Safley, Sarah E. “Elementary teachers as collaborators: developing educative support materials for citizen science projects” International Journal of Science Education , 2024 https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2024.2311801[available at NSF]
Carrier, Sarah J and Scharen, Danielle R and Hayes, Meredith and Smith, P Sean and Bruce, Anna and Craven, Laura “Citizen science in elementary classrooms: a tale of two teachers” Frontiers in education , v.9 , 2024 https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1470070[open access]
Carrier, Sarah J. And Scharen, Danielle R. And Hayes, Meredith L. And Smith, P. Sean and Goforth, Christine L. And Craven, Laura and Sachs, Lindsey H. “Incorporating Participatory Science in Elementary Schools: Teacher and Student Experiences with Outdoor Learning” Electronic Journal for Research in Science and Mathematics Education, v. 29, 2026 https://par.nsf.gov/servlets/purl/10658861 [open access]
Goforth, Christine L. and Scharen, Danielle R. And Hayes, Meredith L. “Bringing Participatory Science to Schools: A Guide for Assessing Project Fit and Designing Effective Teacher Supports” Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, v.11, 2026 https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.898 [open access]
McGowan, J. K., Sachs, L., Bruce, A., Scharen, D. R., Hayes, M., & Smith, P. S. (2025). Citizen Science in the Elementary Classroom: Going beyond data collection. Science and Children, 62(4), 22–30.https://doi.org/10.1080/00368148.2025.2504125[unavailable without journal subscription until 1-year embargo with NSF ends]
Scharen, Danielle R and McInerney, Erin and Sachs, Lindsey H and Hayes, Meredith L and Smith, P Sean “Fostering Mathematics Engagement Through Citizen Science” Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 , v.118 , 2025 https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2024.0236[unavailable without journal subscription until 1-year embargo with NSF ends]
Smith, P Sean and Goforth, Christine L and Carrier, Sarah J and Hayes, Meredith L and Safley, Sarah E “An Emerging Theory of School-Based Participatory Science” Citizen Science: Theory and Practice , v.10 , 2025 https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.755[open access]
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Educative Features: Elementary teachers’ use of educative support materials for participatory science projects: Affordances, obstacles, and impacts
Use Cases: Integrating Participatory Science Projects in Elementary School Classrooms: Patterns of Teacher Use
