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SPHERES! at Penn State Delaware County

Dr. Laura Guertin, Earth Science, Penn State Delaware County

PROJECT SUMMARY

Organization -- SPHERES! (Science Programming HERE, Scouts!) at Penn State Delaware County is an effort to formalize and expand the science programming provided by faculty and undergraduate students at Penn State Delaware County for the Girl Scout Council of Southeastern Pennsylvania. For the past two years, Penn State Delaware County has worked with the local council that supports Scouts from Philadelphia, Delaware County, and Montgomery County to organize and conduct activities. Girls from these regions have been invited to the campus for one-day programs held on Saturdays where undergraduate students develop and lead hands-on activities targeted towards having the girls earn a science or technology-related badge. The undergraduates also write a workbook that details the activities for the girls with additional science information, links to websites with science details, and information on careers for women in science. With the working foundation established between Girl Scouts, Penn State, and with support from this grant, Penn State plans to expand the programming.

Summary Statement -- SPHERES! will include hands-on, authentic field and laboratory science experiments conducted on campus by the Brownie (ages 6-8, 1st-3rd grades) and Junior (ages 8-11, 3rd-6th grades) Girl Scouts during two Saturday badge events and two new week-long themed day camps. Additional equipment will allow the girls to be active environmental scientists with hypothesis formation, data collection and processing, and analysis and communication of results. The Saturday events will be themed around national science programs – World Water Monitoring Day/Earth Science Week in the fall, and Earth Day/Pennies for the Planet in the spring. The summer camps will be themed around Earth’s spheres – specifically, the hydrosphere and atmosphere. Camp girls will propose and conduct daily experiments using handheld science equipment and computers. The experiments will be detailed in an online daily camp diary by each Scout. At the end of the week, the Scouts will host an open house sharing the results of their experiments with their parents and members of the community. Undergraduate students will be involved in designing and instructing the girls with their environmental research.

Educational Priority -- The educational priorities from the EPA that will be addressed with SPHERES! include Community Issues, Teaching Skills, and Career Development.

Delivery Method -- The new week-long day camps in the summer will supplement the Saturday programs already being held at the Penn State Delaware County campus. In addition to the hands-on investigations, the Scouts will receive print materials to expand the information presented about environmental science, environmental issues, and environmental careers.

Audience -- Conversations with staff at the Council, troop leaders, and the girls themselves have revealed to us that very few science/technology badges are earned by area Scouts. Part of the reason is that the troop leaders do not have the confidence to conduct or knowledge to conduct science activities, while another reason is that few structured activities led by scientists are available for the troop leaders. With young girls getting turned off from science at an early age, it is important they receive a positive science experience that is fun. Penn State is aware of this need and the need for Scouts to have additional science programming and has decided to help fill the void. This grant will allow 60 Scouts to attend the summer day camp, 200 Scouts to attend the one-day Saturday programs, and 100 undergraduates to further their environmental education and develop and conduct environmental education outreach.

Costs -- The primary use of funds requested from the EPA will be towards undergraduate student instructor stipends and scientific equipment for the authentic hands-on investigations. Penn State strongly believes in the value of SPHERES! and will be providing a 75% match to this proposal.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Why SPHERES! -- SPHERES! will provide environmental science programming for an audience with an identified need, the Girl Scouts of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Not only will the program assist the Girl Scout organization in providing targeted science opportunities for young girls, the girls themselves will be led by a female scientist, female pre-service teachers, and female and male undergraduate students working together on hands-on inquiry-based environmental science investigations in a positive educational setting.

Three of the EPA’s educational priorities will be met by this proposal. Community Issues will be addressed by having the Girl Scouts collect and process environmental data in a geographic location that is part of the local Council. By hosting a program open to Girl Scouts, their troop leaders, and parents, the girls and undergraduate students will educate these audiences about local environmental issues and concerns. The girls will also be presenting the results of their research online so that others may see a discussion of southeastern Pennsylvania environmental data. Teaching Skills will be addressed through training of the pre-service teachers enrolled in Penn State Delaware County’s urban education major. These elementary education majors will be participating in both the summer program and Saturday semester programs and will gain experience in developing and teaching curriculum relating to environmental science. Finally, Career Development will be heavily emphasized to the Scouts as examples of the variety of environmental careers available and as profiles of specific women working to better the environment.

Who is involved with SPHERES! -- Penn State Delaware County is working jointly with the Girl Scouts of Southeastern Pennsylvania to ensure the success of SPHERES! There has been a successful working relationship between these two groups over the past two years where Penn State has hosted Scout troops coming to campus for science programming (detailed in Girl Scout letter of support). The coordinator at Penn State is Dr. Laura Guertin, Assistant Professor of Earth Science, PI of this proposal. In working with Linda Delenick at the Girl Scout Council, the two groups have coordinated and organized the registration and execution of several programs for the Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts at the Penn State Delaware County campus as one-day programs held on Saturdays. Undergraduate students enrolled in earth and geoscience courses at Penn State have assisted in developing the curriculum and conducting the activities for the Girl Scouts to earn their science and technology-related badges. The use of undergraduates and the offering of Saturday programs will continue under SPHERES! but will expand to include more targeted environmental science investigations with the acquisition of new equipment. The summer SPHERES! programming is a new extension of the Penn State/Girl Scout collaboration and will allow girls and pre-service teachers to get involved at depth in environmental science.

For the one-year duration of the grant, the target audience includes 60 Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts for summer SPHERES! and up to 200 Scouts for the Saturday SPHERES! programs. Two urban education majors will receive extensive training and experience instructing elementary-aged children on environmental investigations, while all pre-service teachers on campus will have the opportunity to assist with the Saturday programs and can benefit from the curricular materials used during these programs. Approximately 100 undergraduate students enrolled in earth and geoscience courses will benefit in not only increasing their own environmental education but will be able to share and instruct the Scouts in local environmental investigations.

Through conversations with staff at the Girl Scout Council and troop leaders, there is a clearly communicated need and desire for science and technology programming for the Scouts. The Council store reports that science badges are the lowest in sales. Troop leaders admit that they do not have the confidence to instruct girls in science and technology. Unfortunately, few local groups or museums organize environmental science activities for the girls to get hands-on and earn a badge or patch. Penn State has seen this need and feels that by utilizing our resources and expertise, we can help the Girl Scouts provide well-rounded programming for each troop.

The Girl Scout Council will handle the recruitment of the troops to participate in the programs, as they have done in the past. The Council sends flyers in the mail to the troop leaders, inserts an announcement in their Leader newsletter, and places the date of the Penn State activity on their calendar. Registration has been very successful for the campus Saturday programs, as maximum enrollment limits have been reached on several occasions. For the summer SPHERES!, the Council will mail a flyer to not only the troop leaders but to the parents of each Brownie and Junior Girl Scout. A description of the camp will appear in the summer camp program to be distributed in early 2005. The undergraduate students to conduct the Saturday programs will be required to do so as a service learning component of their earth and geoscience courses. The urban education majors are also required to volunteer with elementary-aged children and have done so in the past with the programs. Two pre-service teachers will be offered the opportunity to work on the development and instruction of the summer camp. The two students will be chosen in consultation with faculty in the urban education department.

How does SPHERES! work -- The philosophy of the SPHERES! design is based on the Excellence in Environmental Education – Guidelines for Learning (K-12). The Scouts are the learners and will be active participants in authentic hands-on inquiry-based environmental science investigations. The Scouts will be able to develop their own hypotheses to test relating to environmental research, thereby building their knowledge and skills through their interests.

• Summer SPHERES! – Two one-week summer day camps are being developed for both Brownies and Junior Girl Scouts to be held at Penn State Delaware County. The first week will be titled HydroSPHERES! and focus on water quality and watershed investigations. The second week will be titled AtmoSPHERES! and focus on air quality and weather. Each camp will be open to 15 Brownie and 15 Junior Girl Scouts with appropriate age-level curriculum. From 9AM to 3PM Monday through Friday, the girls will be utilizing scientific equipment indoors and along the stream that runs through campus to collect data. The girls will be testing hypotheses they have developed pertaining to the particular water or air issue for the day. The girls will be using real scientific equipment and collecting real data for an authentic environmental research experience. After the data are collected, the girls will be in the campus computer labs and use prepared templates available on Jump/USB drives provided for the week to enter and graph their data. The girls will then complete a post-project analysis and enter their experiment online in a daily diary that contains their research and thoughts about the environmental topic of the day. At the conclusion of Friday’s activities, the girls will present their research to their parents, the Penn State community, and any other invited guests. The girls will be given a workbook with content-specific material and career information for each camp. All the activities and the workbook will be prepared by project PI Guertin and the two undergraduate urban education majors selected for the project. At the conclusion of HydroSPHERES! the girls will have completed the requirements to earn the EPA’s Water Drop patch. At the end of AtmoSPHERES! the girls will have earned the badges Weather Watch (Juniors) and Earth and Sky (Brownies).

• Saturday SPHERES! – Two one-day programs will be held at Penn State Delaware County for the Scouts to investigate and conduct environmental science research. The programs will focus on national environmental science-themed programs. The fall 2005 program will highlight World Water Monitoring Day and Earth Science Week. The girls will receive the National Earth Science Week patch at the conclusion of this program. For the spring 2006 program, the themes of Earth Day and Pennies for the Planet (WWF) will be highlighted (the patch provided to the girls at the conclusion of this program is yet to be determined). The experiments for both programs will be developed by the undergraduates in earth and geoscience courses, utilizing the PASCO equipment requested in this proposal. During the semester, the undergraduates will develop the investigations and a workbook focusing on environmental science issues and careers for each Scout to take home after the program.

SPHERES! will be developed with what -- Again following the Excellence in Environmental Education – Guidelines for Learning (K-12), four strands will be used as the foundation for each activity: (1) questioning, analysis and interpretation skills; (2) knowledge of environmental processes and systems; (3) skills for understanding and addressing environmental issues; and (4) personal and civic responsibility. Certainly for the younger girls in the Brownies, the activities will be kept simple, local, and clear links will be made with what they are observing and learning about the local environment. There are excellent environmental curricular materials available that will be adopted and modified for the Penn State/Scout programs. For example, PASCO, the manufacturer of the science equipment requested in this proposal, has developed several earth and environmental experiments that highlight the scientific method and build a scientific skill set (available online at ). Pathfinder Science () and CIESE () also have excellent K-12 environmental science investigations developed and available online. In addition to the Hydromania volume from PASCO being purchased with grant funds, these websites will serve as the foundation for the summer camp and Saturday programs.

• Summer SPHERES! – Investigative activities that will most likely be used during HydroSPHERES! includes PASCO’s Exploring Evaporation, Hydrogen Bonding, Turbidity Trouble, Water Quality Monitoring, Runoff Effect and Water Quality, and Filtration. CIESE materials of interest include Boil, Boil, Toil and Trouble. The AtmoSPHERES! camp will most likely target the following exercises from PASCO: Exploring Temperature, Indoor CO2 Buildup, Let There be Light, Running Hot & Cold: Convection, Greenhouse Effect, and Tracking Weather Cycles. CIESE projects that utilize real-time data include Wonderful World of Weather and Air Pollution: What’s the Solution?

• Saturday SPHERES! – The undergraduates developing the research investigations during these programs will rely upon the resources discussed above and the materials being taught in their courses during the semester. Urban education majors will assist in reviewing the materials for appropriate age-level content.

PROJECT EVALUATION

Evaluation will be conducted for both the summer camps and Saturday programs. The evaluation will be designed in consultation with the assessment staff at Penn State’s Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence (because of the ages of the Scouts, the final assessment program will be adjusted and approved by Penn State’s Institutional Review Board (IRB)). Early conversations with the Schreyer Institute have suggested targeting SPHERES! assessment to address the science content of the programs for the Scouts and the attitudes of both the girls and their troop leaders.

• Summer SPHERES! – The girls will be given a survey upon arrival at camp. The survey will ask each girl about her prior knowledge (self-reported and science-based questions) relating to the science content to be covered that week. Girls will also be asked what science fields they enjoy the most and least, if they have earned any science badges or participated in any science activities through the Girl Scouts, and if they know of any females that do environmental work and research. At the conclusion of the week, the girls will be tested on the same science questions given on the first day and will be asked to provide information on how they perceived the week, if interests have changed, and if the girls would do another science badge or activity through or outside of Girl Scouts. The surveys will be given on computers so the girls can be completely open and honest with their responses without the camp instructors asking the questions in person. The parents of the girls will also be provided a link to an online response form to ask about the conversations and likes and dislikes the girls communicated to their parents throughout the week about the program.

• Saturday SPHERES! – For the fall and spring semester one-day programs, the Scouts will be surveyed on science content and attitudes at the beginning and end of the activities. The girls will self-report their attitudes towards science and if they have participated in any prior science badges or activities with the Girl Scouts. The troop leaders will also be given a survey and asked how many science badges they have conducted with their troops, and which fields of science and types of activities are the most popular with their girls.

SPHERES! POST-FUNDING PERIOD

With the materials and supplies purchased with funding from this grant, SPHERES! will be able to continue. The Penn State Delaware County campus will continue to provide facilities at no cost for science-related Girl Scout programming. The required service-learning component in the campus earth science courses will ensure one Saturday Scout program each semester. Funds will be requested through Penn State (undergraduate student stipends and the Equal Opportunity Planning Committee) to support undergraduate education majors as summer camp instructors. It is hoped that future funding will allow the development of two additional summer camps, GeoSPHERES! and BioSPHERES! to round out the environmental curriculum available to the Girl Scouts. The enrollments in the summer camps and Saturday programs will be tracked to see if the number of Scouts participating increases. With the assessment program, it will be possible to track girls and troops that return to campus for future programs. Results of the Penn State/Girl Scout collaboration on SPHERES! will be presented at the Geological Society of America and the National Outreach Conferences. Results will also be submitted for publication in the journal of Environmental Education Research or Journal of Geoscience Education.

SPHERES! at Penn State Delaware County

Detailed Budget

Personnel total = $11,356 ($8,356 campus match)

Amount requested from EPA = $3,000

*Salary is requested for the two urban education majors for two weeks of full-time curriculum development and two weeks of environmental science camp instruction. PI Guertin will be donating her time during the development and instruction phase. Faculty from the education department on campus have also volunteered to assist periodically with the development and instruction on a limited basis.

Student salary – 2 urban education majors = $3,000

2 students at $375/week for 4 weeks

(2 weeks full-time preparation, 2 weeks full-time instruction)

PI Guertin salary = $8,356

Materials and Supplies total = $6,494 ($3,000 campus match)

Amount requested from EPA = $3,494

*The majority of materials requested are to ensure that each Girl Scout can get hands-on collecting her own data to create an authentic investigative science experience. The field-based equipment owned by Penn State is limited but will be utilized in addition to what is requested. Penn State has enough of the Xplorer handheld units that each scientific meter and probe can attach to when collecting data. The new equipment will ensure that no more than three girls will be working together on one piece of equipment. The equipment will be shared between the Brownie and Junior Girl Scout camps during the week in the summer and utilized by earth and geoscience undergraduate students for investigations and Saturday programs during the semester.

PASCO equipment ()

*Penn State Delaware County is currently using PASCO equipment in geoscience,

chemistry, and physics laboratories. However, the supplies are limited and are attached

to stations in chemistry and physics laboratories that are not conducive to field research.

In addition, undergraduate students will be using the campus equipment during summer school for chemistry and physics courses and research. The earth and geoscience program on campus owns one of each of the following pieces of equipment requested. The additional equipment is necessary to give the girls and undergraduate students a hands-on science experience.

pH meter $79 each x 4 = $316

conductivity meter $99 each x 4 = $396

temperature probe $34 each x 4 = $136

dissolved oxygen probe $219 each x 4 = $876

turbidity meter $119 each x 4 = $476

CO2 sensor $249 each x 3 = $747

light sensor $59 each x 3 = $177

*Also from PASCO, these kits provide materials and supplies for targeted investigations.

Created with Carolina Biological Supply, the kits allow students to complete

environmental science quality laboratory investigations. Each kit comes with a CD

containing guided inquiry exercises. These exercises will be the foundation for the

Brownie and Junior Girl Scout summer SPHERES! camp. By purchasing and utilizing

these kits now, we plan to expand our camp programming in the future to older Scouts

that can benefit from a more challenging curriculum based on these materials.

Estimating Air Pollution Kit = $475

Storm Water Pollution Prevention = $230

Chemical and Physical Analysis of Water = $250

*Also from PASCO, Hydromania is an award-winning water curriculum with hands-on

activities relating to water properties, water quality, water treatment, and watersheds.

The Hydromania exercises can be conducted with the PASCO probes and some

additional labware. The Hydromania 4-volume series contains several exercises,

handouts, and resources for teachers. This volume will not only be used to develop

SPHERES! but the education majors on campus will access these materials throughout

the year to help them develop strong environmental science activities while student

teaching.

Hydromania labware kit $159 each x 5 = $795

Hydromania Consumables $159 = $159

Hydromania 4-Volume TRK series = $449

Carolina Biological Supply ()

*There is not a hot plate available for earth and environmental science programming on

campus. Current hot plates on campus are used by the chemistry department and will be

in use during the time of summer SPHERES!

Hot plate = $345

WARDS Scientific ()

*Undergraduate students are required to purchase their own safety glasses on campus,

and therefore we do not have a supply available to provide each girl with this required

safety equipment during some of the indoor laboratory analyses.

Safety glasses $3.35 each x 20 = $67

Staples or Best Buy

*Each Girl Scout will be given a Jump/USB drive for the week with templates for them to enter their collected data for analysis. Since the girls will be moving to different computer labs around campus, this will allow for easy transport of the data. In addition, the girls will be allowed to take the Jump/USB drives home each night of the camp if they wish to show their parents the work they completed that day.

Jump/USB drive $30 each x 20 = $600

Photocopying camp workbooks for girls = $100

*To ensure that the girls do not come to campus, conduct the investigations, and leave

that knowledge behind on campus, a workbook complete with their research and

supplemental information relating to SPHERES! and environmental careers for women will be provided to each Scout.

Campus Facilities total = $12,000 (100% campus match)

Amount requested from EPA = $0

*As these earth and environmental science programs are outreach and bringing science to a specific population with an identified need of quality programming, Penn State Delaware County will provide a 100% match to the cost for classroom and computer access.

2 classrooms at $100/classroom/day for 10 days = $2,000

20 computers at $50/computer/day for 10 days = $10,000

| |Request |Match |TOTAL |

|Personnel |$3,000 |$8,356 |$11,356 |

|Materials & Supplies |$3,594 |$3,000 |$6,594 |

|Other - Facilities |$0 |$12,000 |$12,000 |

|Indirect Costs |$2,941 |$5,199 |$8,140 |

|TOTAL |$9,535 |$28,555 |$38,090 |

Penn State Delaware County is strongly committed to the success of SPHERES! and is providing a 75% match to this proposal.

SPHERES! at Penn State Delaware County

Timeline

Prior to July 1, 2005 Planning for summer SPHERES!

The Girl Scout Council has already included an announcement of the summer camps in their program guides distributed to leaders and parents. Guertin (PSUDE) has begun outlining and focusing content for summer camps. Guertin will start designing the science content in conjunction with the two undergraduate education majors that will be conducting the science camps. Guertin and students will meet with the GS Council to include fun Scout-related activities and songs in the camp programming.

July 1, 2005

Order equipment from PASCO Scientific and other suppliers

Orders for necessary equipment will be placed with PASCO and other vendors.

During July 2005 Finalize SPHERES! camps

Guertin and the undergraduate camp instructors will finalize the scientific investigations and prepare the workbooks needed with each camp. Website will be prepared with information relating to the camps and as a place for the girls to enter their data.

July 11 – 15, 2005

HydroSPHERES! camp for Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts at Penn State Delaware County. The two undergraduate education majors and PI Guertin will be leading the activities for environmental science awareness and investigations. Other faculty and students will be volunteering time during the week to supplement instruction and creative activities. At the conclusion of the camp on the 15th, parents and the campus community will be invited to hear the girls present the results of their investigations. The girls will also be earning their EPA Water Drop patch during this camp.

July 18 – 22, 2005

AtmoSPHERES! camp for Brownie and Junior Girl Scouts at Penn State Delaware County. The two undergraduate education majors and PI Guertin will be leading the activities for environmental science awareness and investigations. Other faculty and students will be volunteering time during the week to supplement instruction and creative activities. At the conclusion of the camp on the 15th, parents and the campus community will be invited to hear the girls present the results of their investigations. The girls will also be earning their Weather Watch (Junior) and Earth and Sky (Brownies) badges during this camp.

Early fall semester 2005 (late Aug to early Oct) Prep for fall GS program

Undergraduate students enrolled in earth science courses (approximately 50) will prepare for scouting day on campus (10/08). Students will be fully trained to use the PASCO water testing equipment to conduct tests with the Girl Scouts. Students will also prepare short hands-on scientific investigations utilizing available PASCO equipment relating to the theme of Earth Science Week for 2005. A workbook detailing the science activities and additional science resources will be prepared for each Girl Scout coming to campus.

Saturday, October 8, 2005 SPHERES! Day for Girl Scouts

World Water Monitoring Day event – The scouts will be able to conduct mini-water experiments while collecting and enter their measurements into the WWMD database and on our campus website.

Earth Science Week event – celebrated in conjunction with WWMD, undergraduate students will prepare hands-on scientific investigations utilizing available PASCO equipment relating to the theme of ESW for 2005.

Activities will be led by the earth science undergraduate students as part of the service learning component in their course. Early education majors from campus will be volunteering to facilitate the day’s activities. Girl Scouts will be provided with the National Earth Science Week interest patch at the end of the day. Registration for the Girl Scouts will be capped at 100.

Early spring semester 2006 (early Jan to early April) Prep for spring GS program

Undergraduate students enrolled in earth science courses (approximately 50) will prepare for scouting day on campus (04/08). Students will be fully trained to use the PASCO equipment to conduct tests with the Girl Scouts. Students will also prepare short hands-on scientific investigations utilizing the PASCO equipment for air and water. A workbook detailing the science activities and additional science resources will be prepared for each Girl Scout coming to campus.

Saturday, April 8, 2006 SPHERES! Day for Girl Scouts

Earth Day celebration event – undergraduate students will prepare for this event during the early part of the spring semester. Undergraduate students will be fully trained to use the PASCO equipment for air quality testing with the Girl Scouts. The scouts will be able to enter their measurements on our campus website.

Pennies for the Planet event – celebrated in conjunction with Earth Day, undergraduate students will prepare activities focusing on biodiversity and conservation for the World Wildlife Fund’s designated ecoregions for the year. Undergraduate students will prepare hands-on scientific investigations utilizing available PASCO equipment and demonstrating “what if” scenarios relating to water quality and environmental health for these ecoregions.

Activities will be led by the earth science undergraduate students as part of the service learning component in their course. Early education majors from campus will be volunteering to facilitate the day’s activities. Girl Scouts will be provided with a science badge at the end of the day. Registration for the Girl Scouts will be capped at 100.

Key Personnel – Dr. Laura Guertin

Assistant Professor Earth Science, Penn State Delaware County, 25 Yearsley Mill Rd, Media, PA 19063

Phone: (610) 892-1427 Fax: (610) 892-1490 Email: UXG3@PSU.EDU

Website with complete vitae:

Degrees 1998 – Ph.D. Marine Geology & Geophysics, University of Miami

1992 – BA Geology, Bucknell University

Selected Grants, Awards and Honors

2003-2005, Co-PI on National Science Foundation grant, “Increasing Diversity in the Geosciences: Building and Maintaining a Pipeline.” PI-Furman, Penn State, Amount: $50,886

2002-2004, received $5,952 in teaching innovation grants from Penn State

2004 - Delaware County Heritage Society Award for service project “Tombstones and Spirits”

2004 - Woman of the Year, awarded from the PSU Delaware County’s Women’s Commission

2003 - Selected as one of Project Kaleidoscope’s Faculty for the 21st Century (PKAL F21), an innovator in science and technology education

2002 - Student Government Association Outstanding Service Award, PSU Delaware County

Since 2000, appeared in two editions each of Who’sWho in America, the World, American Women, and Science & Engineering. Nominated by a student to appear in Who’sWho of American Teachers (2003).

University Teaching Experience

• Currently in sixth-year of full-time teaching responsibilities. All courses are designed around three overarching goals for students: (1) utilizing the scientific method and working with data sets; (2) using technology; and (3) sharing your science knowledge with others.

• Courses taught at the introductory level include physical geology, historical geology, oceanography, biodiversity and earth history, coastal disasters and hazards, dinosaurs, and first-year seminar on diamonds. Upper-division courses include paleontology and marine coastal processes.

Additional Relevant Teaching Experiences

• Scientist interaction with Signals of Spring, where I reviewed grade 7-12 student expert analysis journal entries and provide feedback via internet. Students use NASA and other earth imagery to explain the migration of animals tracked by satellites (Spring 2002, 2003, 2004)

• Instructor for Math Options, A Math and Science Career Day for 7th Grade Girls, PSU Delaware County (May 2002, 2003, 2004)

• Instructor for the Fredericksburg Regional Commonwealth Governor’s High School Summer Program Digging the Summer (Summer 2000)

• Instructor/Organizer for the Mary Washington College/Commonwealth Governor’s High School Summer Enrichment Program To Dinosaurs and Back (2000), Rivers - From Here to Mars (1999)

Publications and Presentations

Eight first-authored peer-reviewed publications, five are pedagogical in nature including:

• Guertin, L.A., Cao, E.T., Craig, K.A., George, A.E., Goldson, S.T., Makatche, S.P., Radusevich, B.T., Sandor, C.W., Takos, A.T., Tuller, R., Williams, J.K., Williams, M.A. Bringing Dinosaur Science to the Junior Girl Scouts Through a College Service Learning Project. Journal of Science Education and Technology. (accepted, to be published December 2004). Student Co-authors

• Guertin, L.A., Rufo, J.L., 2004. A positive science and technology experience for Junior Girl Scouts through a college service learning project. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, v. 10, n. 1, p. 79-88. Student Co-author

Seven scientific and thirteen pedagogical presentations have been given at regional, national, and international geoscience conferences.

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