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Finding Our Way was a hands-on learning program that gets students involved in the environmental sciences of their surroundings and fosters lifelong interest in protecting our environment. Offered for K-12 Graders & Their Families which ran from Summer 2016 through June 2019.
2018-19 Stewardship Award Winners Announced!
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Congratulations to the seventh-grade students from Danbury and surrounding area schools who are winners of the 2019 NOAA B-WET Stewardship Competition.
Front row, l-r: Joshua Hattar, Diego Soto, Sabrina Serpa-Smith, Marisol Tapia, Juliet Dahlstrom, Joshua Maruffi, Esther Ribiero, Sereen Ammezane and Jake Ledan. (Missing is Matthew Waldron.)
Back row, l-r: Program Assistant Carol Ball; Jonathan Neuhausel, Magnet School Coach, Westside Middle School Academy; Program Director Dr. Dora Pinou; and WCSU Professor of Biology Dr. Hannah Reynolds. (Missing is Carrie Rowe, Science Teacher, Rogers Park Middle School.)
THREE FINDING OUR WAY ALUMNI EARN AWARDS
AT 2019 CONNECTICUT SCIENCE & ENGINEERING FAIR
KHUSHI PARIKH, SRISHTI RAMAKRISHNAN, AND SHARVA KARTHIKEYAN ALL WINNERS!
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Khushi Parikh, a ninth-grader at Danbury High School, won multiple awards for her project, “Engineering a Polylectic Biomimetic Micro Aerial Vehicle to Pollinate Flowers.”
Watch our 2018 Summer Experience here!
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Help Restore the Gardens & Riverbank at Oyster Shell Park in Norwalk
Saturday, August 24, 9-11AM
Saturday, August 31, 9-11AM
Help us remove invasives and plant native wildflowers and trees to restore the park’s gardens and the riverbank to prevent erosion and protect the river. Meet at the playground on North Water Street between the Aquarium and the new mall in Norwalk. Bring water, gloves, clippers, and a spade or shovel if possible. Limited tools are available.
Click here for more events!Keep watching this space for more details about these vital environmental activities as it becomes available! |
View photos of our Finding Our Way Family Science Saturday, March 23, 2019! 2018-19 ScheduleSee what finding our way has offered our students. Learn more about the STEM learning experience and the Finding Our Way program. |
More events, WCSU
We encourage you to attend Western Connecticut State University events open to the public. Click on the links below for more information.
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Shoutout to Ester Ribeiro has started her stewardship project already! Wow!
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Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Support Awards Program CLOSEDDeadline May 13, 2019
The Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Support Awards Program awards up to $1000 to an artist or group of artists through this competitive funding program…more information. |
Our 2018 overnight field trip to Wallops Island, VA was a huge successWe visited the NASA Space Flight Center, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s satellite station, Chincoteague National Wildlife Reserve and Dover Air Force Base and the Air Mobility Command Museum. We met scientists…more information. |
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Applications Open for Natural Resources Conservation Academy
The NRCA engages high school students, conservation volunteers, and teachers in environmental ed and service-learning programming, and participants execute a long term conservation project in their own towns throughout Connecticut. Learn more at http://nrca.uconn.edu/ or see these fun videos on our Conservation Ambassador Program and Conservation Training Partnerships Program. |
See Finding Our Way Summer Experience 2017
Check out our awesome video. Click here! |
GBBC eNewsletterDecember 2018 |
2018 Connecticut Bird Atlas As of an update from a past event, the Atlas Project data, trends, and stats; present the winter survey protocol! |
