Collaborative blog by Jenna Gatzke & Amber Rollings. For the past year, CEES’ educational outreach team has been working with a total of six schools in both Indianapolis and Eldoret, Kenya (funding appreciably provided by Dow AgroSciences).
Guest blog submitted by Kira Wiseman. Kira is a recent graduate of the B.S. Environmental Science program. Kira helps in data entry and water sampling processes in order to facilitate cyanobacteria research. Essential research is being conducted in Indiana, amongst other states, to better understand cyanobacteria species and what causes the production of cyanotoxins. The…… Read more »
Here at CEES, we are lucky to have great IUPUI undergraduate and graduate students that assist us in carrying out our mission. This past Spring Semester, we had 19 driven students! Here is a short summary of their efforts and some links to their work.
The Discovering the Science of the Environment education staff enjoyed investigating Pogue’s Run with the 5th grade students at Paramount School of Excellence this month. The stretch of stream under study is located between Spade’s Park and Brookside Park on Indy’s near eastside, adjacent to the students’ school.
Guest blog submitted by IUPUI undergraduate student Michael McCormick (mccormim@imail.iu.edu), Environmental Science Major . I have always been very interested in science, specifically animals and plants. Due to this interest, I decided to pursue an internship with the Department of Public Works Land Stewardship Program. In this internship, I am working to restore native plant vegetation…… Read more »
Service Learning Coordinator, Danielle Follette, and Education Outreach Coordinator, Elizabeth Johnson, spent an energizing three days with farmers at the Midwest Organic and Sustainable Education Services (MOSES) Organic Farming Conference in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. The workshops were diverse and informative, focusing on organic practices that reduce soil erosion, decrease water consumption and contaminants, and increase farmers’…… Read more »
The education outreach team is developing curriculum and relationships that are crossing the ocean and furthering the impact of science education in both Indianapolis and Eldoret, Kenya. Dr. Brian Plankis, faculty member of IUPUI’s School of Education, is working closely with Elizabeth Johnson (CEES Education Coordinator), her team of interns, and CEES Director – Dr. Pamela…… Read more »
Recently, I had the opportunity to volunteer at the 15th National Conference and Global Forum on Science, Policy and the Environment: Energy and Climate Change. This conference is held annually in Washington D.C. with differing themes by the National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE). The conference has a live-web feed on both the IUPUI and the IUB…… Read more »
CEES is now a proud Ambassador of NOAA’s Weather Ready-Nation program! The program is “focused towards building community resiliency in the face of increasing vulnerability to extreme weather and water events” (WRN). NOAA is partnering with the public and private sector to equip individuals and communities with information that can prepare them in the face of weather related…… Read more »
Recently, CEES staff and interns braved the cold Indiana weather to take a tour of the Lilly ARBOR site (Answers for Restoring the Bank of the River), led by Jeremy Webber III.