This week focuses on four students’ research about the levels of metals in soil located around a steel mill in southwest Illinois. The students were interested in understanding if the soils in local parks are polluted and if the distance from the mill correlated with the different metals found in the soil. To answer this…
Category: STEM Center News
Welcome New Graduate Assistants!
The STEM Center would like to welcome three of our new graduate assistants who joined us this summer and fall. Dwayne Ferguson graduated from Virginia State University with a bachelor’s of science degree in biology in 2019. He is currently working towards a master’s of science degree in environmental sciences at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.…
STEM Center's Amanda Morgan Named SIUE Student Employee of the Year!
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…
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…