This past Wednesday marked the end of my summer commitments to the Kenan Fellows Program. This is a bit surreal but I am definitely ready to feel like it’s actually Summer Break 🙂 However, this has been the most amazing non-break that I have ever been a part of. Working with my mentors was an experience that I will always… Read more »
One of the most important components of the citizen science project that I have been a part of is figuring out a way for any and every one to be able to contribute to the project in a very meaningful way. In a nutshell, our project focuses on finding plants that have similar microbial patterns as dandelions. Dandelions are very… Read more »
I’m just over two weeks into my experience at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences and this has truly been a career and life changing experience! (I think I have said that 1 million times in the past two weeks!) We are working hard to create lessons and protocols that any teacher can use, regardless of experience, time, or funding…. Read more »
Coming in to this fellowship experience, my initial goals were very superficial. I thought that this experience would simply allow me to have a chance to actually do science to go back and share with my students by writing correlating curriculum. After only four days in the internship, I now see that my goals must be way deeper than that…. Read more »