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2010 Autumn | Education & Outreach

Connecting Environmental Education with Larger Science Education Themes

Student(s):

Carrie Howell

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Cathie Vincent

Partner(s):

  • Seattle Aquarium

Faculty advisor(s):

Elizabeth Nesbitt, Burke Museum, University of Washington

This capstone project involved Marine Summer Camp at the Seattle Aquarium. I worked with the “Women in Science” week of camp with nine middle-school girls. Each day of camp included hands-on, experiential learning on ocean science topics. After camp, I did research on other informal science education programming and made suggestions for next year’s camp based on my conclusions. I made a scrapbook to be used for recruitment by the Seattle Aquarium and several lesson plans integrating Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) topics into the camp curriculum. I was offered a job leading this camp next summer 2011.