Juyoung Shim, Assistant Professor of Biology, co-presented with Jon Ramgren (Waterville High School teacher) at the 2021 Maine Sustainability and Water Conference hosted by the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions on March 31st, 2021. The title of the talk was “Involving Students as Citizen Scientists in Testing Well Water for Arsenic: A teacher’s perspective.” This work showed results from the Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) funded project in which teachers & scientist partners are working collaboratively, engaging students as citizen scientists in a well-water monitoring effort to advance public health goals while developing data literacy skills.
