1) Introduction to Community Science

Learning Goals

By completing this section, you will be able to

• know important characteristics of Community Science;
• know what makes someone a Community Scientist;
• reflect on how you want to work together as a team during this project.

What is Community Science? 

Working better together

Scientists often work in teams - but working together with others is not always easy or resulting in best outcomes for everyone. So the ability to cooperate is an important competency of community scientists. In this module, you will also develop your cooperation competency by reflecting on and learning some important concepts and methods to help your project team work together well. These concepts and methods are introduced throughout the module under the heading "Working better together".

In the following activity, reflect on your previous experiences with group work to brainstorm some rules and behaviors that you want to implement during your project work in order to make it motivating and successful. 

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