by Adventure Scientists | Dec 14, 2016 | adventure, adventure scientists, boating, citizen science, collect, freshwater microplastics, microplastics, Potomac River, river, students, Washington D.C.
By: Carter Cortazzi, Jamie Farrell, and Lola Bushnell At 5 a.m. on a very dark and cold Halloween weekend morning, our crew of intrepid explorers assembled at Georgetown University’s front gates in Washington, D.C. Freshly awoken after very few...
by Adventure Scientists | Mar 19, 2014 | microplastics, students
Andy Traylor, a fisheries biologist for the US Army Corps of Engineers, is an ASC naturalist guide. He grew up in the Willamette valley of Oregon spending his free time exploring the local mountains and rivers. Andy has a degree in Envrionmental Science from Oregon...
by Adventure Scientists | Jan 15, 2014 | camera trap, montana, snow, students, wolverine
Snow, Camping and Kids – Weekend in the Woods with Arrowhead Middle School ASC guide and intern Julia Johannesen grew up in the “Natural State” of Arkansas and holds a B.S. in Human & Environmental Sciences and a Masters degree in Sustainable...
by Adventure Scientists | Mar 11, 2013 | adventure, adventurers and scientists for conservation, citizen science, kayaking, students, Wildlife
Dave and Amy Freeman of the Wilderness Classroom Explain the Importance of Mangroves as They Record Signs of Wildlife This is an overhead view of a mangrove swamp in Florida. Photo by Bill Wilen, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 27, 2012 | adventure, citizen science, conservation, Great Lakes, kayaking, students
ASC teams up with the Wilderness Classroom to study water quality and bird migration in the name of science and adventure Dave and Amy Freeman, the Founders of Wilderness Classroom. Photo credit: Wildernessclassroom.com For the past three years, Dave and Amy Freeman...
by Adventure Scientists | Nov 28, 2011 | students
Through the magic of Skype and BGAN technology, some 40 high school students in Montana were able to connect today with young explorers half a world away! This marked ASC’s first major Expedition to the Classroom event, and despite some minor challenges with...