Congratulations to STEM Center’s very own Amanda Morgan, SIUE’s Student Employee of the Year!!! Amanda is a junior double majoring in political science and sociology and has worked with us at the STEM Center for the past two years. This recognition comes with a plaque and a $500 SIUE scholarship. She was nominated by Candi…
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Voluntary Water Quality Monitoring and RiverWatch
Today’s blog post is brought to you by Xander Kalna. Now that you have learned about different habitats in streams and qualities that are important to them, we are going to talk about stream health. There are many ways to describe stream health based on dozens of variables but the easiest way (and cheapest usually!)…
More On-Line Data Tools for Student Learning in Environmental Health
Today’s blog post is brought to you by Dr. Ben Greenfield. In my experience, on-line data tools have been really useful for teaching environmental sciences to university students and adult learners. I also think they could have good application in K-12 settings. By “on-line data tools” I mean free websites that provide public access to…
STEM Center Research Featured in Science Magazine!
The STEM Center has prioritized research into issues of science equity and access. STEM Center research assistant professor, Dr. Carol Colaninno, had her research, which focuses on equity and access at archaeological field schools, highlighted in a recent Science Magazine article! It is great to see these issues receive national attention as the STEM Center…
