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Eureka! Girls Inc. STEM workshop

I developed and led a summer workshop on climate change science, ethics, mitigation, and adaptation for middle schoolers, through the UMass Girls Inc. Eureka! program (2018, 2019)

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Exploring the basics (sea level rise and land slope)

Exploring the basics (sea level rise and land slope)

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Inundation of a 3D elevation model (the town of Holyoke) under various sea level rise scenarios

What happens when ice melts on land versus in water?

Classroom outreach

I ‘brought’ along a classroom of second- and third-graders to Antarctica aboard the JOIDES Resolution, on IODP Expedition 379 (2018-2019)

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The students join me aboard the JOIDES Resolution, IODP expedition 379 to the Amundsen Sea

The students learn about core interpretation and sedimentology, and interpret paleoclimate events from a drill core

More community involvement

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First episode of Lab Talk with Laura on WMUA Amherst, featuring guests Nigel Golden and Ruthie Halberstadt of the Northeast Climate Science Center, and guest co-host local comic Taylor Ortiz. We talk about arctic ground squirrels, grizzly bears, and how to pee in Antarctica.

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