Today’s blog post is brought to you by Dr. Didi Martinez. One of the great things about living in an age of quick technological advances is that more and more scientific methods are accessible to those of us that do science every day! I am Dr. Adriana E. Martinez in general I research rivers using…
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Jerry C. Elliott STEM Like Me Story
When Jerry C. Elliott High Eagle was born in 1943 there were no astronauts or even artificial satellites in orbit, but at age five (9 years before Sputnik ushered in the space race), he dreamed of helping humanity walk on the moon. His dream had a mix of support from his tribal leaders and family.…
Flood Inundation Mapper Activity
Today kicks off our week of Flood Inundation Mapper activities! You can find the activity sheet here. Be sure to follow our Instagram account, @siueycitysciYCITYSCI, so that you don’t miss the rest of the activities and opportunities to win prizes. If you have any questions or want to respond to our challenge question, direct message…
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!)…
Welcome Back Waleska!
Hello, my name is Waleska! I am a graduate assistant in SIUE’s STEM Center working on the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) Environmental Health Investigators program. I am currently pursuing my master’s degree in environmental sciences with a focus on environmental education. I have a bachelor degree in science teaching from the University of São…