Studies - Children Helping Science

GARDEN Phase 2 is now available for families who previously completed Phase 1! This means you should only do these studies if you did Phase 1 (with the fox videos) earlier this year. Each 3-, 4-, 5-, or 6-year-old child who is eligible, and who did Phase 1, may complete each of the Phase 2 studies once, in any order.

**PROJECT GARDEN IS NOT CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW FAMILIES.**
We have concluded Phase 1, which contained 8 studies. Studies 1-8 will not even be visible below. If you already did the first 8 studies, you can see the later studies ("Phase 2") below.

Use the tabs above to see activities you can do right now, or scheduled activities you can sign up for.

Please note you'll need a laptop or desktop computer (not a mobile device) running Chrome or Firefox to participate, unless a specific study says otherwise.

Journey to the GARDEN Library 1

You've found the first 3 map pieces! Journey with Fen and get a little bit closer to finding the GARDEN Library. This is the first of three "Travel Montage" videos that show your child their progress in completing the first eight GARDEN studies.

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Journey to the GARDEN Library 2

You've found the next 2 map pieces! Journey with Fen and get a little bit closer to finding the GARDEN Library. This is the second of three "Travel Montage" videos that show your child their progress in completing the first eight GARDEN studies.

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Journey to the GARDEN Library 3 (Finale!)

You've found the last two map pieces! Journey with Fen and find the GARDEN Library. This is the last of three "Travel Montage" videos that show your child their progress in completing the first eight GARDEN studies and the conclusion to the story!

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Introduction to Project GARDEN Phase 2!

This is a 5-minute introduction video to Project GARDEN Phase 2, a series of 8 studies for 3- ,4- , 5- , 6-, and 7-year-old children and their caregivers. This video will overview how the Phase 2 works and answer frequently asked questions. You must complete this before starting the Phase 2 studies.

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GARDEN Library Grand Opening 1!

For families who have completed the first eight Project GARDEN studies and are ready to start participating in GARDEN Phase 2. This is a short video introducing the new Phase 2 story with Fen! Fen needs your child's help getting the library ready for visitors!

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How can that be?

In this Project GARDEN study, your child will answer some riddles, then play a ball drop game.

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Thinking About New People

In this Project GARDEN study, your child will see images of different children and will be asked questions about them.

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Learn From Stories

Your child will hear some stories containing some questions and some responses. Then, your child will make judgments about the responses they heard from the stories.

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Talking About Animals

Your child will answer some questions about pets, animals, plants, and objects.

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Learning about different teachers!

Your child will participate in two games that will help us learn about teachers! In the first game, your child will watch learn about teachers, then tell us what they think about them. In the second game, your child will learn about cool new toys, then have a chance to play with them, too!

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Who will give the right answer?

In this GARDEN study, in a scheduled Zoom session, your child will decide whether a zookeeper, a person Googling, or a new voice assistant named “Kita” can give the right answer to questions about unusual animals! You will also fill out a short survey when scheduling your child's appointment.

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Imagine That!

In this Project GARDEN study, your child will hear a few stories, imagine various things, and answer questions. For example, your child might be asked to imagine a scenario and answer questions about what they imagined or answer questions about whether different things are living and take up space!

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What Happens Now?

In this Project GARDEN study, your child will watch videos of different situations, answer questions about them, and we will learn about how children make social inferences.

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GARDEN Library Grand Opening 2 (Finale)!

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GARDEN Feedback Survey for Parents and Caregivers

In this Project GARDEN survey, you (the caregiver) will complete a 5-minute survey to help us learn how to best support families participating in online research in the future.

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