I'm excited to introduce our Club student intern: Mallory James. Mallory is a senior studying environmental, evolutionary and ecological biology at Appalachian State University. She's from Butner, NC and currently serves as a Resident Assistant at App. If that's not enough, she also has an intern position at Grandfather Mountain. Mallory will be sharing her passion for environmental education with our students and helping with EcoRaiders every other Tuesday. In addition to her work at Grandfather Mountain, Mallory has also interned at Houston Zoo as part of the Collegiate Conservation Program. During her time there she focused on prairie conservation and the protection of endangered species such as the prairie conservation (eg. studying endangered species such as the Attwater prairie chicken, on which red ants prey when they are baby chicks). Mallory also helped create artificial reefs in the bay (using clams shells to build the structures). Last year she was also involved in biology outreach in elementary school classrooms. This semester Mallory is taking, among other courses, Evolutionary History, Biology of Aging, Climate Change and Herpetology. Thanks for taking the time to help us out as well Mallory! We can't wait to learn from you.
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The EcoRaiders club start is set for Tuesday September 13th! Sign up forms will be going out to parents the first week of school and we are solidifying some visitors and activities for September. While the weather is still nice we want to get the school garden set up and start clearing some of the old hiking trails behind the school. The trails will eventually include nature signs and the club will design interactive science activities around them. I will be at school on Tuesday, August 30th at 2:30pm to answer any questions about the club. If you're a parent or teacher interested in being involved with the club in any capacity, please contact me at [email protected]. -Marta |
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