Today’s blog post is brought to you by Sami Murphy. The Y-CITYSCI research team at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is developing an additional project that might interest you. The team hopes to investigate how scientists and experts in STEM fields develop their identities as scientists. We are interested in further understanding how scientists develop their…
Author: Carol Colaninno-Meeks
Plant a Garden with the Environmental Health Investigators!
The Environmental Health Investigators Team is working with the Goshen Community Market and the Beet Box throughout the summer to distribute kits to help people in the community start healthy gardens and make healthy foods! Or second kit, Soil Quality, was distributed last week to communities in Madison County. Even if you cannot get to…
Cicada Fun Facts!
We hope you all enjoyed our week of Spider Spotter activities! Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or comments about those activities. We are now going to transition into our next week full of cicada activities! Below are some interesting facts about cicadas. Are there any other cicada facts that you…
The Importance of Citizen Science
Today’s post is by Jannatul Ferdous. As the name suggests, citizen science is scientific research projects that are supported by public participation. Engaging in a citizen science project is pretty simple. And, there are numerous research projects you can engage in, from ecology, geography, environmental science, and astronomy, that help progress research by engaging citizens.…