Kat Kavanagh is the co-founder and executive director of Water Rangers, a citizen science project that brings education and water quality testing to the public. The Ingenium Channel sat down with her — over the phone, as she was away doing water testing at her cottage — to learn about Water Rangers and what it means to be a citizen scientist.

NatureWatch is a community that engages all Canadians in collecting scientific information on nature to understand our changing environment. There are five programs which are part of NatureWatch: frogwatch, plantwatch, milkweedwatch, wormwatch, and icewatch. Visit naturewatch.ca to find out how you can contribute to scientific research!