From my perspective, it's just starting. Just engaging with somebody who's already out in the field looking at things, you start to learn.
There's a whole continuum of citizen science projects. There are some projects like iNaturalist that are more on the educational aspect, which is just a matter of going out, seeing something for the first time and seeing the wonder in the world. The magic that happens starts a series of questions: Why is this here? Why isn't it somewhere else? What's happening with it?
Whether it's looking at the stars at night, looking at birds in your backyard or trying to understand the insects in your river, you just start by looking at things and that process fosters questions. That process of asking questions is ultimately what science is all about.