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The Zooniverse is home to the internet's largest, most popular and most successful citizen science projects. Our current projects are here but plenty more are on the way. If you're new to the Zooniverse, we suggest picking a project and diving in - the same account will get you into all of our projects, and you can keep track of what you've contributed by watching 'My Zooniverse'. The Zooniverse and the suite of projects it contains is produced, maintained and developed by the Citizen Science Alliance. The member institutions of the CSA work with many academic and other partners around the world to produce projects that use the efforts and ability of volunteers to help scientists and researchers deal with the flood of data that confronts them.

Learn about science in a visual and interesting way through educational resources provided for exceptional science projects . Pedagogical uses: provide an excellent resource for inquiry-based learning within the classroom or for home-school groups

technical uses: Knovio is an easy-to-use web-based tool that allows you to make an exisiting powerpoint presentation much more dynamic using a web cam or micro. You simply upload your presentation, and then you can narrate each slide with audio or video, and then share your video presentation either via email or across your social networks. It is a particularly great tool for someone who is already proficient in powerpoint. Their program is completely free, and since it is web-based, you can access your creations wherever you have internet access. Pedagogical uses: Project presentations, students presentations related to their projects.

Technical uses: Animoto es una de las mejores herramientas gratuitas para la creación de presentaciones. Esto le permite combinar sus fotos, vídeos, clips de sonido, las palabras y la música para hacer una presentación dinámica. Puede tirar fotos y clips de video desde Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Instagram y otros medios sociales / sitios web o subirlos directamente desde su ordenador. A continuación, puede añadir palabras y la música. Cuando el pase de diapositivas se hace, puedes compartir tu video en Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, correo electrónico, o incluso descargar en un DVD. La versión "Lite" es gratuita, pero viene con restricciones. Hay dos niveles más altos de planes de pago, cada una con su propio conjunto de atributos. Pedagogical uses: Project presentations, students presentations related to their projects.