Today’s blog post is brought to you by Sami Murphy. During this difficult time of school closures and social distancing, the Y-CITYSCI staff has worked diligently to produce and share lesson plans for middle-school-aged students. We hope to fill a void in education during this time as well as provide informative citizen science activities that…
Month: April 2020
Citizen Science at SIUE: Help Us Support Youth Science Education in Madison County by Hosting a Noise Meter!
This week’s blog post is by our graduate assistant Christine Favilla! Through the Department of Environmental Sciences and the STEM Center at SIUE, we are looking for people to host noise monitoring instruments throughout Alton, Edwardsville, Madison, and East St. Louis as part of our Y-CITYSCI program: a youth-based, environmental monitoring program that engages students…
Elliott Skinner
Elliott Skinner was an anthropologist who started his academic career later in life. Originally from Trinidad, Skinner immigrated to the United States during World War II and enlisted in the army. After the war ended, Skinner was granted American citizenship and enrolled in New York University. He continued his education at Columbia University, where he…
Learn about Lego Coding
It’s not hard to see how important computer coding is, but they can be intimidating if you’ve never tried any coding. It might seem like the sort of thing that only experts can do but with a little help you can get started writing computer codes today! It’s just a different way of writing the…
The Importance of Science Education in the Society
This week’s blog post is by our graduate assistant Waleska Do Valle Santos! Teaching underserved communities has always been important to me. The fact that the STEM Center prioritizes science education in low income communities made me interested in attending graduate school at SIUE and working on a research project with the STEM Center. I…