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From Water Guns to Science Clubs: A Field-to-Classroom Internship with the USGS
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Ostrodka, Lenna Moy
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http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1355003793
Abstract Details
Year and Degree
2012, Master of Environmental Science, Miami University, Environmental Sciences.
Abstract
As an M.En. candidate in Miami University’s Institute for the Environment and Sustainability (IES) program, I worked as an intern at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Illinois Water Science Center in Urbana, Illinois. What started as outreach activities later grew to encompass GIS editing and fieldwork. Accordingly, my primary duties involved data communication, data processing, and data collection. I was able to participate in projects ranging from invasive species management research to water resource demonstrations at schools. All projects served to fulfill the agency’s mission to collect objective data about the Nation’s natural resources. This multi-faceted internship allowed me to explore the many sides of environmental science in a professional context. In working with scientists of different disciplines, I grew to appreciate the interdisciplinary approach to problem solving so central to IES.
Committee
Dr. Mary Henry (Advisor)
Dr. Qingshun Quinn Li (Committee Member)
Dr. Sandra Woy-Hazleton (Committee Member)
Subject Headings
Environmental Education
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Environmental Science
;
Geographic Information Science
Keywords
USGS
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internship
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outreach
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water resources
;
GIS
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data collection
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Ostrodka, L. M. (2012).
From Water Guns to Science Clubs: A Field-to-Classroom Internship with the USGS
[Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1355003793
APA Style (7th edition)
Ostrodka, Lenna.
From Water Guns to Science Clubs: A Field-to-Classroom Internship with the USGS.
2012. Miami University, Master's thesis.
OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1355003793.
MLA Style (8th edition)
Ostrodka, Lenna. "From Water Guns to Science Clubs: A Field-to-Classroom Internship with the USGS." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1355003793
Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)
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This open access ETD is published by Miami University and OhioLINK.