Dr. Gillian Roehrig is an Associate Professor of Science Education. Gill is a former high school chemistry teacher with a strong interest in engaging students in inquiry-based activities and integrating technology into science classrooms. Technology Enhanced Communities (TEC) funded by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education is an online learning community developed in collaboration with graduate students David Groos and Joel Donna for middle school science teachers in Minneapolis Public Schools working to integrate technology into their classrooms. TEC will be extended to include teachers on the White Earth Reservation.
Dr. Tamara Moore is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics/Engineering Education. Tamara is a former high school mathematics teacher and her research involves helping students engage in STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines through contextual problem solving. Her work on an NSF funded project entitled Modeling: Eliciting, Developing, Integrating and Assessing (MEDIA) Project is creating and researching multi-disciplinary engineering problems for use at the undergraduate and K-12 level. Problems from the MEDIA project are being extended to the RFTS project, as well as to local school districts, such as Mahtomedi, who are implementing engineering into their curriculum.
Stephan Carlson, Ph.D., has worked for the University of Minnesota Extension and CFANS for the last 15 years doing outreach and teaching classes in science and environmental education. He has worked in outdoor recreation, informal science education and environmental interpretation. He has been teaching classes for the White Earth Science and Math summer school program for the last 10 years. His research is on understanding the components that informal science experiences have on young people and how to develop quality programs
Brant Miller is a Science Education graduate student within the department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota TC. Prior to Brant’s current graduate school journey, he was at the helm of an 8th grade science classroom in Western South Dakota. While teaching 8th grade science Brant and his students explored content areas such as earth science, chemistry, physical science, along with geospatial technologies. As a member of the RFTS team Brant is interested in the interface between culture and science content and how the two can be leveraged for student engagement.
Joel Donna is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Minnesota in Curriculum and Instruction – Science Education. He taught physics, chemistry, and physical science for six years at Kasson-Mantorville in south-east Minnesota. Joel’s research and teaching interests revolve around improving science teacher development across the continuum. In particular he is most interested in supporting beginning teachers during the induction phase. His dissertation topic revolves around understanding an online mentoring/support program for beginning Minnesota STEM teachers called STEMMP. He is also interested in using technology to support engineering design challenges.
Selcen Guzey is a PhD candidate in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Minnesota where she also received her MA in Science Education. Her research interests focus on science teacher knowledge development and technology integration into science classrooms. In RFTS project, Selcen has been working on designing and implementing STEM curriculum in the after school and summer school programs.
Other Instructors
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University of Minnesota Extension |
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Charlie Blinn Extension Specialist – Forest Resources Department of Forest Resources Green Hall 1530 North Cleveland Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55108
E-mail: cblinn@umn.edu Phone: 612-624-3788 Fax: 612-625-5212 |
GPS Navigation Mapping Forest Measurements Aspen Regeneration Measurement and Carbon Sequestration
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Barbara Liukkonen Water Resources Education Coordinator Water Resources Center 173 McNeal Hall 1985 Buford Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55108
E-mail: liukk001@umn.edu Phone: 612-625-9256 Fax: 612-625-1263 |
Hydrologic Cycle Run for Your Life Cycle Watersheds
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Terry Nennich Extension Educator, Horticulture Extension Regional Office, Crookston 251 Owen Hall 2900 University Avenue Crookston, MN 56716
E-mail: nenni001@umn.edu Phone: 218-281-8690 Fax: 218-281-8686
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High Tunnel Season Extension Organic Vegetable Production |
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Carol Robinson Nutrition Education Assistant Mahnomen County Extension Office 115 East Madison Avenue, P.O. Box 477 Mahnomen, MN 56557
E-mail: robin505@umn.edu Phone: 218-935-2226 Fax: 218-935-5412
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Nutrition Education Gardening
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Eli Sagor Extension Educator, Natural Resource Management & Utilization Forest Resources Green Hall 1530 North Cleveland Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55108
E-mail: esagor@umn.edu Phone: 612-624-6948 Fax: 612-625-5212 |
GPS Navigation Mapping Forest Measurements
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Karen Terry Extension Eductor – Water Resource Management & Policy Extension Regional Office – Fergus Falls 220 West Washington Ave., Suite 201 Fergus Falls, MN 56537
E-mail: kterry@umn.edu Phone: 218-998-5787 Fax: 218-998-5798 |
Streams Shorelands
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Carl Vogt Extension Specialist – Forest Resources Natural Resource Management & Utilization 330D Green Hall 1530 North Cleveland Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55108
E-mail: vogtx001@umn.edu Phone: 612-624-3639 Fax: 612-625-5212 |
Tree Identification Maple Syrup Production Forest Products
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Deborah Zak Campus Regional Director Extension Regional Office – Crookston 251 Owen Hall 2900 University Avenue Crookston, MN 56716
E-mail: dzak@umn.edu Phone: 218-281-8684 Fax: 218-281-8686 |
Program Coordinator
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Department of Fisheries, Wildlife & Conservation Biology |
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Raymond Newman Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Water Resources Science Project Director, Introduced Species & Genotypes IGERT Hodson Hall 1980 Folwell Avenue Saint Paul, MN 55108
E-mail: rnewman@umn.edu Phone: 612-625-5704 Fax: 612-625-5299 |
Stream Sampling Lake Sampling Fish Population Studies Invasive Species |
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University of Minnesota Crookston |
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Laura Bell Lab Coordinator and Naturalist Natural Resources Department 210 Owen Hall 2900 University Avenue Crookston, MN 56716
E-mail: lbell@umn.edu Phone: 218-281-8131 |
Wildlife Tracks Bird Wingspan
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Dave DeMuth, Jr. Associate Professor – Physics and Math Math, Science and Technology Department 115C Dowell Hall 2900 University Avenue Crookston, MN 56716
E-mail: demuth@umn.edu Phone: 218-281-8259 |
Rockets Game Design
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Tom Feiro Senior Environmental Health and Safety Technician Department of Environmental Health and Safety Laboratory Services Coordinator, Natural Resources Department Kiser Building 2 2900 University Avenue Crookston, MN 56716
E-mail: tfeiro@umn.edu Phone: 218-281-8300 |
Egg Drop Wildlife ID Insect ID and Habitat |
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John Loegering Associate Professor – Wildlife Ecology Natural Resources Department 204 Owen Hall 2900 University Avenue Crookston, MN 56716
E-mail: jloegeri@umn.edu Phone: 218-281-8132 |
Wildlife ID Physics of Wildlife Wildlife CSI Bird ID Bird Feeding |
