Harness the power of science for your neighborhood.
Neighborhood Science, more commonly known as Citizen Science or Crowd-Sourced Science, is ordinary people of any age gathering scientific information locally and sharing it with the global scientific community.
Get involved and join us for these programs to begin your journey as a Neighborhood Scientist.
Check out these kits to conduct observations in your own home or neighborhood, at your own pace.
Use these simplified data collection forms to contribute your observation data anonymously. No login or registration required.
Fun, hands-on, real-world science projects you can do at home or in your neighborhood to help real scientists and make a real difference.
Games you can play to learn about pressing global issues. Some games help contribute to and monitor these important global issues.
Explore Neighborhood Science resources, including finding citizen science projects, LAPL Seed Library programs, and open science tools you can learn and use to help build a resilient and sustainable community.
This program is made possible with support from the Library Foundation of Los Angeles and Edison International, TPG, and Gajin and Angela Fujita Endowed Fund for Art + Literacy