Posts tagged Fairchild Challenge
Lightning Talks and an Evening Walk
Lightning Talks and an Evening Walk

After working with the Fairchild Challenge and having had a very non-linear path towards science, I saw a unique opportunity to connect high school students with current graduate students. My experience as someone with a desire to pursue a career in science while not necessarily knowing how to go about it prompted me to create and host the Lightning Talks and Evening Walk student workshop. Last week was Fairchild’s second annual event where 30 high school students had the opportunity to hear from six graduate students from FIU and UM about their path to science.

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Biology, Botany, Education, Graduate School, OutreachNichole Tiernanscientist, student, workshop, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Fairchild Challenge, Education, outreach, broader impacts
The Fairchild Challenge Fellowship
The Fairchild Challenge Fellowship

I have a unique graduate fellowship through the Education Department at Fairchild where I help run the Fairchild Challenge Program. The Fairchild Challenge is a multidisciplinary science competition that schools participate in across South Florida. Challenges are designed with the goal of reaching a large diversity of students. All challenges ask students to research and observe the natural world around them. We have three citizen science challenges that span all three levels and engage students in real authentic research opportunities which otherwise lack from standard classroom settings.

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Graduate School, Biology, EducationNichole TiernanFairchild Challenge, graduate fellowship, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami Dade Schools, Education