Vermont EPSCoR Post-Doc Liz Doran, PhD encouraged high school-aged girls to see their potential futures as scientists at the Women Can Do! Action Expo hosted by Vermont Works for Women on October 17, 2019. CWDD Education and Outreach Liaison Janel Roberge and CWDD Project Manager LeeAnn Trusela also participated in the event.
Students attending the expo at Vermont Technical College in Randolph, VT made what was for many their first attempt at using a dichotomous key to identify macroinverbetrate specimens provided by the CWDD. Approximately 400 students attended in all.
Liz Doran, PhD assists a high school student at identifying a macroinvertebrate
LeeAnn Trusela explains how scientists often use dichotomous keys
Liz Doran, PhD assists a high school student at identifying a macroinvertebrate
Janel Roberge helps a high school student focus a microscope