Danielle Mazur and Karen Murphy, two of our amazing Schoolyard Ecology Educators, completed a Research Experience for Teachers, funded by the National Science Foundation, in summer 2024.
They work at The Bement School and The Summit Academy at Amherst High School respectively.
Karen has been collecting data for the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid study for 11 years and Danielle helped revive a Buds, Leaves, and Global Warming study at Academy Hill in Springfield. This past summer they participated in a Research Experience for Teachers program sponsored by the National Science Foundation. As part of that program, they conducted field work embedded in the Tree Ring Lab at Harvard Forest working with Dr. Neil Pederson. They will be presenting the curriculum they developed “Storm Stories: Teaching Environmental Disturbance through Tree Rings” during our November Educator Zoom call (keep reading for registration details on that). They uncovered some fascinating information about the 1953 tornado that started in Petersham.
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