In Parenting Science Gang, parents of small children (overwhelmingly mums) came up with their own research questions and then designed and ran their own experiments to answer them. The questions they came up with were about the things that mattered in…
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Project overview Parenting Science Gang was a citizen science project, run by and for parents and funded by Wellcome. Parent groups, in collaboration with scientists, designed and ran their own experiments to answer questions of importance to them. These groups…