Nicole Hanley Markelz
CEIRP Project

This year I am working with Ms. Margaret Brazwell at East High School in Rochester, NY. I have been involved with both her Botany and Environmental Science classes doing a variety of small projects. In Botany, the students have worked on several projects ranging from observing the products of photosynthesis via starch staining to measuring seedling lengths when grown in the dark. This coming semester I plan on allowing the students to come up with their own plant-related questions and testing them independently. In Environmental Science, we have talked a lot about perturbing ecosystems and biomes. Additionally, we have set up a compost system for the school's culinary arts course.