Our purpose is to equip Georgia middle and high school teachers to monitor local watershed conditions and examine impacts on the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico through the Okefenokee Swamp. The primary focus will be on the health and resilience of local ecosystems through research service learning (Reynolds & Ahern-Dodson, 2010). We will train teachers to integrate local ecosystem monitoring (through Adopt-A-Stream and other citizen science projects) within a problem-based learning context to increase students’ understanding of causal relationships and the impact of local watersheds on larger water bodies.
Meet our Team
Dr. Lacey Huffling is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education at Georgia Southern University. She serves as the project director and is responsible for the overall project direction, coordination, and completion.
Twitter: @Lhuffling) Dr. Checo Colon-Gaud is an Associate Professor in the Biology Department at Georgia Southern University. He serves as the Adopt-A-Stream trainer and the ecology content expert for our project.
Twitter: @ChecoLab |
Dr. Heather Scott is the Director of the Master of Arts in Teaching in the Department of Middle Grades and Secondary Education at Georgia Southern University. She serves as the assistant project director and the curriculum coordinator.
Twitter: @HScott_GSU Dr. Shainaz Landge is an Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Georgia Southern University. She serves as the environmental chemistry content expert.
Twitter: @shaz07928403 |
Dr. Kania Greer is the Director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education (i2STEMe) in the College of Education at Georgia Southern University. She serves as the lead evaluator on the project.
Mrs. Mary Thaler is the Senior Administrative Assistant for Institute for Interdisciplinary STEM Education (i2STEMe) in the College of Education at Georgia Southern University. She serves at the grant administrator
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Supported by the Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine under the Grant Agreement: 20000G9576