ecosystem

PROFILES OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS: MARINE BIOLOGIST

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What’s it really like to be an engineer or a scientist? What do they really do all day? You’re about to find out! Meet the next generation of engineers and scientists in these profiles of young professionals, who may just inspire you to join them. Ayana Johnson fell in love with the ocean the moment she laid eyes on a coral reef at age five. Find out what it’s like to be a marine biologist.

Peer Bork at the 2011 DOE JGI User Meeting

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Peer Bork of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory on "Comparative Metagenomics of Gut and Ocean: Identification of Microbial Marker Genes for Complex Environmental Properties" at the 6th annual Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting on March 23, 2011.

Elementary Classroom Management Techniques

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Tips for scientists, from a fourth grade teacher, on how to gain and keep the attention of students in an elementary school classroom. Mrs. Thai shares her insights on classroom management with biomedical science students from Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science before they start mentoring kids at an elementary school in the neighborhood.

Teaching Vocabulary

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Mrs. Thai, a fourth grade teacher, shares tips for how to teach science vocabulary with biomedical science students at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science as they begin their mentoring activities with elementary school children.

The Nature Explorers Yosemite's Southside Expedition Part 5 of 5

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Yosemite is one of the busiest tourist destinations in America, millions of people travel here during the summer to see the few last remaining gigantic trees. But on the southern border lies some trees that most people didn't even know existed. Here we discovered a Sugar Pine that had a trunk circumference of 19'.

The Nature Explorers Yosemite's Southside Expedition Part 4 of 5

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Yosemite is one of the busiest tourist destinations in America, millions of people travel here during the summer to see the few last remaining gigantic trees. But on the southern border lies some trees that most people didn't even know existed. Here we discovered a Sugar Pine that had a trunk circumference of 19'.

The Nature Explorers Yosemite's Southside Expedition Part 3 of 5

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Yosemite is one of the busiest tourist destinations in America, millions of people travel here during the summer to see the few last remaining gigantic trees. But on the southern border lies some trees that most people didn't even know existed. Here we discovered a Sugar Pine that had a trunk circumference of 19'.

The Nature Explorers Yosemite's Southside Expedition Part 2 of 5

submitted by: thenatureexplorers
Yosemite is one of the busiest tourist destinations in America, millions of people travel here during the summer to see the few last remaining gigantic trees. But on the southern border lies some trees that most people didn't even know existed. Here we discovered a Sugar Pine that had a trunk circumference of 19'.

The Nature Explorers Yosemite's Southside Expedition Part 1 of 5

submitted by: thenatureexplorers
Yosemite is one of the busiest tourist destinations in America, millions of people travel here during the summer to see the few last remaining gigantic trees. But on the southern border lies some trees that most people didn't even know existed. Here we discovered a Sugar Pine that had a trunk circumference of 19'.

The Nature Explorers Mojave Desert Expedition Part 7 of 7

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The Granite Mountains of the Mojave Desert are a hot and arid ecosystem in July, but plants and animals thrive in this heat. Mojave rattlesnakes, lizards, hummingbirds, ants, and grasshoppers are just a few of the amazing species we found here.
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