Connecting Students to Urban Science: Developing a Curriculum for the Urban Long-Term Ecological Research Program
October 22, 2022
By Emily Dzieweczynski, Communications Associate at the Bell Museum
This summer, middle school teacher Lauren Reuss traded her classroom for the field, shadowing MSP LTER researchers to develop hands-on urban ecology lessons for students across the Twin Cities. Inspired by squirrel behavior research, she's designing a series of lessons focused on squirrel behavior and adaptation to the urban environment. Read this piece from the Bell Museum's Emily Dzieweczynski to discover how this Bell Museum collaboration is helping kids see science in the world right outside their door.
