Profile

• Time Zone

  Mountain

  
  
• Organization

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• Role

  Scientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online

  
  
• Research Interests (300 words)

  My educational research was in Geology/Earth Science. The research focused on ancient rivers in Australia. It looked at the landscape and morphology, fauna and flora, and the sediments.

  
  
• Profile Question 1

  When and why did you decide to go into a science career?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 1 here (300 words):

  Science was always fun. It was challenging and I wanted to learn new things. It allowed me to think analytically but be creative as well. Thinking out of the box is always helpful.
  
  Science is hard but worth the headaches.

  
  
• Profile Question 2

  What lessons have you learned in your career about how science works?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 2 here (300 words):

  Remember your science basics as well as retain the information. It is not just a memory game but how to use that information to make experiments and explain it to others.

  
  
• Profile Question 3

  What is tough about being a scientist?

  
  
• Answer the question you selected for profile question 3 here (300 words):

  Science is very demanding. In all jobs there are deadlines and such but with science many months of hard work may turn out incorrect in a matter of minutes.

  
  
• Help represent the outreach efforts of your societies. Please click all those organizations you are a member of:

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• Availability

  I am currently available for mentoring, please send me team match invitations

  
  
• In addition to English, I am comfortable communicating with students in the following languages:

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• Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?

  4

  
  

Recent Posts

Everyone Romaine Calm Jessica Septon Apr 12 at 09:15am

Hi Team,

Wow... GREAT WORK everyone! I am so proud of you all working together. I cannot believe your results and how the plants grew! That is amazing!

Thank you all for being so awesome. I am glad you learned something new and had fun doing…

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Hi Team,

Wow... GREAT WORK everyone! I am so proud of you all working together. I cannot believe your results and how the plants grew! That is amazing!

Thank you all for being so awesome. I am glad you learned something new and had fun doing it. It was really cool to watch your project progress and watch you all learn new stuff. I hope this helps you in your future education and outside school activities.

Good luck with the rest of the school year and all your sports, too! It was a total BLAST and make sure to thank your teacher for letting you do such fun projects, too. 

Have a great day!

Jessica :)

Everyone Romaine Calm Jessica Septon Apr 8 at 09:16am

Hi Team,

Fantastic job on your project and graph! High fives all around!

Great job on the critical thinking of why a seed coat versus non-seed coat would grow faster or slower. Your project was in a safe environment which was more controlled…

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Hi Team,

Fantastic job on your project and graph! High fives all around!

Great job on the critical thinking of why a seed coat versus non-seed coat would grow faster or slower. Your project was in a safe environment which was more controlled than being outside in the elements or a project that subjected to the elements (warm, hot, cool, cold, rain, snow, etc.). Your seed without the coat was able to germinate and grow faster because it had no seed to break through as well as it had prime conditions to grow in. The coated seed, although given the same environment, had to become large enough and strong enough to break through that seed coat. Much like a baby bird trying to break out of its shell. It's got to grow big and strong so it can break through it.

Does that all make sense? If not, please let me know and I'll try to explain it in a different way.

Your graph looks great. Nice color choices and labeling. Make sure you all take a few moments to be proud of your work and accomplishments with this project :)

Everyone Romaine Calm Jessica Septon Apr 4 at 09:49am

Hi Team!

I hope your break was super fun! How are the plants growing? Have they been thriving a lot? What sorts of observations do you note now that you see them again? What do you think happened while on break?

Have a great day!