by StaffAdmin | Jan 1, 2018 | Pollinators, Student engagement
By: Rosanne Franco Metamorphosis Growing from an egg into an insatiable larva to be transformed into a lovely flying flower is a process that captures my imagination. Earlier this year, when I found a scary looking caterpillar eating my licorice plant, I killed...
by StaffAdmin | Jan 3, 2017 | education
By: Rosanne Franco Marine science education in 2016 doesn’t look very different from Marine science education in 1999. Students, then and now, love learning about aquatic animals and their home environments. Students especially enjoy visiting those habitats and...
by StaffAdmin | Jul 1, 2016 | Future careers
By: Rosanne Franco After 20 years of service as an educator, I was given the opportunity to consider the age old question, “What do you want to do when you grow up?” I have had countless experiences in my roles as a substitute, science teacher, science department...
by StaffAdmin | Jun 24, 2016 | education, video
I love orchids and I always love a challenge! My Biology and Botany/Horticulture students would have loved this story…I wonder if any of them can figure out what happened to the orchid plant when I planted it on a piece of...
by StaffAdmin | May 31, 2016 | citizenship, community, education
By: Rosanne Franco “I am grateful,” he said. With this simple statement, Carlo referred to the hundreds of years of ancestry that provided him with his life’s work. As he gestured to acres of land, he explained that he was humbled by the responsibility that had been...
