Profile

• Time Zone

  Mountain

  
  
• Organization

  Weber State University

  
  
• 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

pbchsbartenslagerposspring2024 project 1 Jessica Septon Mar 8 at 07:47am

Hi Team,

Welcome! I am so glad to be helping you all! My name is Jessica and my background is actually in Geology. I completed my graduate work in Australia and studied ancient river environments. In my spare time, I love to be outside and learn…

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Hi Team,

Welcome! I am so glad to be helping you all! My name is Jessica and my background is actually in Geology. I completed my graduate work in Australia and studied ancient river environments. In my spare time, I love to be outside and learn new things. 

I will respond to each of your introductions soon. I hope you have been enjoying your class so far and learning a lot!

Cheers,

Jessica

avhsfewsterposfall2023 project 4 Jessica Septon Nov 29, 2023

Great work team,

You will want to make parameters for your experiment. First, how many plants will you use? How much water will each plant receive? And what types of temperatures will you use: warm, cool, or control (room temp)? 

Write…

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Great work team,

You will want to make parameters for your experiment. First, how many plants will you use? How much water will each plant receive? And what types of temperatures will you use: warm, cool, or control (room temp)? 

Write out your hypothesis on what you think will happen. Do not worry about being right or wrong, just write out a strong sentence regarding your thoughts.

Do not forget to write down your observations each time you are in class reviewing your plants.

Hope that help! Keep up the great work!

avhsfewsterposfall2023 project 4 Jessica Septon Nov 29, 2023

Hi Sydney,

Great ideas. Make sure not to oversaturate your disks. You will want to make sure you use the correct amount of water to allow germination and growth.