Danielle N. Lee is a behavioral biologist at SIUE. She obtained her Ph.D. in Biology from the University of Missouri – St. Louis in 2010 and her research focuses on how ecology and evolutionary components contribute to the behavior of animals. One of Lee’s research projects involves exploring the African giant pouch rat’s behaviors. Through…
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STEM Center Item of the Week
This week’s item of the week is our biology golden guides! The STEM Center has golden guides covering the following topics in biology: birds, insects, butterflies and moths, mammals, reptiles and amphibians, trees, weeds, flowers, pond life and seashells. These golden guides help you identify differences between the subjects covered in each book, and more…
Shadia Rifa'i Habbal
Shadia Rifa’i Habbal is a professor of solar physics at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. She was raised in Homs, Syria and earned a bachelor’s degree in physics and math from the University of Damascus. She continued her education and obtained a master’s and a doctorate degree in physics from the University of…
STEM Center Item of the Week
This week’s item of the week is Robot Turtles, a board game for kids age 4 and up! Parents and children can use Robot Turtles to play together while learning key programming principles. This is a great game for parents or teachers to introduce children to programming and help them develop critical thinking skills.
STEM Center Summer Activities
The SIUE STEM Center has a busy summer planned, and we wanted to share the various STEM programming that we have coming up. REU – For the third year, the STEM Center, in partnership with the Illinois Natural History Survey, will be hosting a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) site. In June, ten…