Community Outreach & Educational Program


Professor Heidi Nepf	The goals of the Community Outreach and Educational Program [COEP] are to promote scientific literacy in grades 4 through 12. Increasingly the public must interpret scientific information in order to make good decisions for themselves and for their community. Nowhere is this more important than in the arenas of human and environmental health. In addition, the Center seeks to mentor younger scientists on the mechanism and importance of educational outreach by supporting the participation of undergraduate and graduate students in its outreach activities.
Prof. Patricia Culligan	Highlights on Current Research: Grungy Groundwater - hands-on activity demonstrating pollutant transport Teaching Teachers - two-day course for K-12 teachers Groundwater Pollution - video and curriculum package Hey, It's Your Backyard - an interactive site for middle school grades
Amy Fitzgerald, Director of the MIT Edgerton Outreach Center	Projects in Progress: hands-on activities in the area of genetic factors in human health an interactive, role-playing game, This project is in Collaboration with the MIT Games That Teach Program to create an interactive, role-playing game, "Environmental Dectectives," based on an environmental site investigation.
Holly Michael, Beatriz Fidalgo, & Luke Higgins