Campus Visit from National Geographic Explorer

We were thrilled to welcome National Geographic Explorer, Rosanna Mangione, to campus three times in December. Ms. Mangione and her colleagues from the Natural History Museum visited the HS Environmental Science classes as part of the ongoing Sparkling Science: Wildlife Crime program. Each class listened to a presentation from Ms. Mangione about crocodile conservation and protection, highlighted with lessons she's learned as a traveling ecologist, biologist and researcher, followed by an interactive workshop in which students acted as crocodile researchers themselves. Even some of our younger learners were able to stop in and participate in some of the research.

Previous activities with the Sparkling Science program include a kickoff meeting at the Natural History Museum and a workshop at the United Nations. Upcoming events include visits to the Vienna Open Lab and the customs office of the Vienna International Airport, as well as a virtual visit with the Snake Farm of the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute Bangkok.

Special thanks to our students for being such engaged participants in the workshops and to Dr. Hanrahan for enabling us to offer such an innovative learning opportunity.