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Never underestimate young minds

June 20, 2017 by Sophia Bass Werner 1 Comment
Take thirty seconds to look at this picture and tell me: What do you see? What do you think is happening? Describe how the environment is/feels? Students take a second to observe the picture. I think to myself how is …
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Leaping into Micro-Wilderness!

June 19, 2017 by Sophia Bass Werner No Comments
The third week had come to an end, and Summer Connections is more than halfway done! The students got to explore two ecosystems this week: the meadow and the forested woodlands. A meadow is a field habitat vegetated by grass …
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The Season has started

June 14, 2017 by Sophia Bass Werner No Comments
  This week I jumped right into the job. I began by familiarizing myself with the geologic inventory and brainstorming ideas of how I could reorganize the information to a more user-friendly educational database. An approach I have decided to …
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Let’s explore the intertidal zone!

June 12, 2017 by Sophia Bass Werner No Comments
Looking back on the last five days, friendships have been made and team names have been assigned! The second week of Summer Connections has ended and it has been a ball. The students got to explore the intertidal zone this …
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Discovering Thompson Island with Summer Connections

June 5, 2017 by Sophia Bass Werner No Comments
It was a week of new beginnings. The students met their teachers, facilitators, and rangers while beginning to discover the ecosystems that Thompson Island has to offer. Thompson is truly an island of infinite stories; it has a vast history …
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Coming back home

June 2, 2017 by Sophia Bass Werner No Comments
  My name is Sophia Bass Werner and I am the 2017 mosaics intern for the Boston Harbor Islands National Park. I am originally from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, but have been living in Massachusetts for the past …
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Wait why is there an A in STEM?

May 29, 2017 by Sophia Bass Werner No Comments
STEAM, it is the first time I have heard this term with an A. The full acronym stands for Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, and art. How do you incorporate art with the rest of the terms? I …
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