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LibGuides: NYCDOE Citizen Science Program LibGuide: Citizen Science PD Day 2: BioBus Microplastics and Marine Invertebrates Research Mission
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This resource describes a LibGuide developed for the New York City Department of Education's Citizen Science Program, providing educational materials and resources for students engaged in environmental monitoring. Citizen science programs increasingly involve students in real-world microplastic sampling and data collection.
This is the LibGuide for the NYC Department of Education Citizen Science program. This is the LibGuide page for the BioBase research mission.
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