Over the course of the Fall 2020 semester, I will be participating in an internship with the Environmental Education staff at Stratford Ecological Center.

For this internship, I will be focusing on assisting with environmental education and curriculum development at Stratford Ecological Center. Over the course of the semester, I will plan visits to Stratford to observe the current programming events (mainly on Wednesday mornings) and discuss ideas for new curriculum focuses and activities with the education staff. I will be doing research independently to learn more about the history of environmental education and how it has changed over the years. I will be focusing on how Stratford can implement a more in-depth STEM focus using additional activities and continuation lessons that can be done at home (due to the current Pandemic). In addition, I plan to focus on how I could help Stratford in implementing new curriculum ideas while also addressing current societal issues (further incorporating diversity and inclusion of various backgrounds into programming). By the end of the semester I will submit a project summary complete with new curriculum ideas for Stratford and a reflection of this internship discussing my overall progress towards achieving these goals.