Sharing Science

Each summer in the Sharing Science session, REU students have the opportunity to spend several hours in the field or laboratory doing near-peer teaching with youth, usually from nearby urban areas such as New York City or Poughkeepsie. With the assistance of ecology educators, REU students design experiences to help students (who may have had little previous experience with ecology) gain an understanding of the science of ecology.

For example, one summer REU students met with high school age students with the Children's Media Project (CMP) in Poughkeepsie for the day. After an introduction to Ecology by a scientist, REU students paired up with CMP students and performed a "pair and share". Afterwards, the students told the group a little about their partner.