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OUTREACH

Ask-A-Scientist

This program is set up for all of the middle and high schools in the Irvine school district to ask researchers questions to help develop their science fair projects. I was one of these researchers. I also served as a judge in the Irvine regional science fair where these projects were presented.

Environmental Education

Office of Marine Programs, University of Rhode Island

 

Through a program run through the office of marine programs at URI, I led several groups of elementary and middle school students on field trips to local marshes, rocky shores, and sandy shores. I taught them about local wildlife and the importance of these different habitats. I also developed and taught a one-hour lesson on shark feeding biology through this program.

GRRL Tech

University of Rhode Island    

 

Jordan with one of the GRRL tech groups
Jordan teaching at GRRL tech workshop

By exposing high school girls to science, "GRRL Tech aims to encourage STEM learning, break down gender myths and offer career insight into STEM industries." As a part of this program, I created a one hour lesson and taught multiple groups of high school girls about the functional morphology and biomechanics of vertebrates.

 

Fish Biology Outreach,

Paul Cuffee Charter School

 

Through a collaboration between the Wilga Lab and the Paul Cuffee Charter school, I taught many groups of sixth and seventh graders about fish and shark biology and biomechanics. These included dissections of animals and lessons on what makes a fish swim well. From these lessons, the students created a model fish which they tested in a flow tank at URI to measure drag forces.

Class of Paul Cuffee students using a flow tank to test drag forces on their hand made fish models

Neuroscience Outreach Program

Columbia University

Through this program, I created a one-hour lesson on neurobiology that I taught to several elementary and middle school classrooms in New York City. Most of the students were of low socioeconomic status and were underrepresented minorities in science. Due to a lack of funding at their schools, the presentations I gave were often the only science the students were exposed to for the year.

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