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Breaking the walls of the Ivory Tower.
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*Scroll down to view projects by theme: Science Writing, Education, K-12 Curricula/Teacher Training, Ambassador for Science
Training
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All the Modes
(Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning) A weekly seminar on multimedia communications, best practices, and bringing multimedia into the classroom. I received training in video editing, 2D animation, speaking for a camera, and storytelling. At the end of the series, each participant produced an educational video. |
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ComSciCon National Workshop
ComSciCon is a workshop series on science communications held for graduate students, by graduate students. The National Workshop is a selective event geared for leaders in science communication. The workshop featured several panels of communications professionals on several themes (curriculum improvement, advocacy, multimedia, diversity, etc), social media use, practice pitching stories, developing curricula for K-12 classrooms, and a writing workshop.
ComSciCon is a workshop series on science communications held for graduate students, by graduate students. The National Workshop is a selective event geared for leaders in science communication. The workshop featured several panels of communications professionals on several themes (curriculum improvement, advocacy, multimedia, diversity, etc), social media use, practice pitching stories, developing curricula for K-12 classrooms, and a writing workshop.
Projects by Theme
Science Writing
Popular coverage of new science.
-What fish can teach us about how humans move. Feb 2018. Massive.
-How this beautiful, invasive comb jelly adapts to dominate foreign ecosystems. Oct 2017. Massive.
-How stressed-out fish are teaching us about human heart disease. June 2017. Massive.
-Scientists are gluing teeth to power saws to learn how sharks eat. March 2017. Massive.
-Enigmatic Tully Monster Finds a Home on the Tree of Life. July 2016. Science in the News.
-What fish can teach us about how humans move. Feb 2018. Massive.
-How this beautiful, invasive comb jelly adapts to dominate foreign ecosystems. Oct 2017. Massive.
-How stressed-out fish are teaching us about human heart disease. June 2017. Massive.
-Scientists are gluing teeth to power saws to learn how sharks eat. March 2017. Massive.
-Enigmatic Tully Monster Finds a Home on the Tree of Life. July 2016. Science in the News.
Education
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Volunteering at the Harvard Museum of Natural History
I volunteer at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, where I work with diverse audiences from inner-city school groups to Harvard professors. I created several kid-friendly hands-on activities to complement the museum’s Marine Life and Sea Creatures in Glass exhibits. I use these activities weekly to encourage visitors to think critically and use their own observations to learn about form and function in marine animals. I also train other volunteers in marine biology and how to engage visitors with my activities. |
Content Developer at MCB80x: Fundamentals of Neuroscience
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are offering new ways of self-paced learning. Based on the introductory neuroscience class offered at Harvard University, this multimedia-heavy MOOC explores the workings of the human nervous system, from molecular to systematic levels. I created visual content and review material for the third module of the course: the Brain. Join in at mcb80x.org.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are offering new ways of self-paced learning. Based on the introductory neuroscience class offered at Harvard University, this multimedia-heavy MOOC explores the workings of the human nervous system, from molecular to systematic levels. I created visual content and review material for the third module of the course: the Brain. Join in at mcb80x.org.
K-12 Curricula & Teacher Training
BiteScis pilot writer
BiteScis is an initiative developed by ComSciCon that seeks to pair graduate students and local K-12 teachers to write research-based, inquiry-driven lesson plans that meet each teacher's needs. These lessons are written to meet the Next Generation Science Standards. I was a graduate-student writer for the program's pilot meeting, where I developed three lesson plans for high school classrooms on DNA sequencing, ecosystem regimes, and conservation of momentum. Learn more about the program here.
BiteScis is an initiative developed by ComSciCon that seeks to pair graduate students and local K-12 teachers to write research-based, inquiry-driven lesson plans that meet each teacher's needs. These lessons are written to meet the Next Generation Science Standards. I was a graduate-student writer for the program's pilot meeting, where I developed three lesson plans for high school classrooms on DNA sequencing, ecosystem regimes, and conservation of momentum. Learn more about the program here.
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Engaging Teachers in Ecology-Based Investigations
A professional-development workshop held at Concord Field Station, sponsored by Harvard's Life Sciences Outreach Office. For the event, I co-designed an aquatic ecology, inquiry-based, fieldwork-themed lesson plan for use in high school biology and environmental science classrooms, that meet various Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). The lesson was workshopped with the teachers to adapt them to meet their individual classroom needs. I also introduced high school teachers to techniques in fieldwork for aquatic ecology and scientific illustration. |
Ambassador for Science
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GradWagon
I was a member of GradWagon, an initiative aimed at facilitating connections between Boston-area middle and high school teachers and Harvard grad students and postdocs. Through this system, teachers can recruit members to answer questions about topics in science, visit classrooms - in person or virtually, and help design science activities. One highlight was engaging students at Millis High School during a full day's worth of classes on evolution, biomechanics, and marine biology! |
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RI NSF SURF Alumni Speaker
I was invited to give an alumni address at Rhode Island's 2014 NSF Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship symposium. There, I spoke about how SURF helped me find my way to grad school and where current students could go upon the conclusion of the program. I also engaged the current SURF fellows during their poster presentations. |
Lab Tour Host
Hosting lab tours for underrepresented students from local middle and high schools. On a typical tour, I will cover my daily routine, how I got where I am, current research projects in the lab, and provide a demonstration, where possible. I have given or aided in tours at Roger Williams University's Wet Lab aquaculture facility, John Dabiri's jellyfish research space at Caltech, and George Lauder's fish biomechanics lab at Harvard University.
Hosting lab tours for underrepresented students from local middle and high schools. On a typical tour, I will cover my daily routine, how I got where I am, current research projects in the lab, and provide a demonstration, where possible. I have given or aided in tours at Roger Williams University's Wet Lab aquaculture facility, John Dabiri's jellyfish research space at Caltech, and George Lauder's fish biomechanics lab at Harvard University.
TEACH program speaker
Lead classroom sessions and Harvard Museum of Natural History tours for inner city middle school students to inspire enthusiasm about science and address misconceptions about who a scientists is.
Lead classroom sessions and Harvard Museum of Natural History tours for inner city middle school students to inspire enthusiasm about science and address misconceptions about who a scientists is.
