HUSKY NEIGHBORHOOD INTERNSHIP
During the 2017-2018 school year I worked with the North of 45th Committee and University of Washington as a Husky Neighborhood Intern. With this position I was able to do projects that helped better the community and build relationships between students and permanent community members. Throughout the course of the year I wrote for and designed the monthly newsletter that we distributed to the community. I had two major projects for the year. The first was researching, designing, implementing, and evaluating a pedestrian safety campaign. You can read more about my findings and work here. The second project was working with the Associated Students of the University of Washington (ASUW) to create a renters rights campaign. The title of the campaign was "Tennant Rights for Off Campus Living" and was geared towards student renters who are often taken advantage of in rental agreements. You can read more about my work on the project and its results here.
MAGNUSEN NATURE PROGRAM INTERNSHIP
During the spring of 2017 I started an internship with Magnusen Nature Programs. This internship allowed me to teach children and adults about the nature at Magnusen Park by helping lead several different field trips, including one about life in the garden, one about how city habitat relates to natural habitat, one about the wetlands at Magnusen Park, and one about the birds at Magnusen Park.
I also conducted research on the wetlands at the park. Since the wetlands were constructed, a beaver family moved in and made several of the ponds much deeper by constructing a massive dam. Some of the ponds ended up being able to connect with Lake Washington in ways that were not predicted before the beaver family moved in, this led to fish being able to migrate into some of the ponds. Originally they did not want fish in these ponds because many of the fish species that are in Lake Washington are not native to Washington State and they are known to prey on salmon fry and native frogs.
The research I conducted was pond water sampling of four different ponds. Two of the ponds are past the beaver dam, and two of the ponds are seasonal ponds that dry up in the summer months and are before the beaver dam. I sampled the temperature, weather, time of day, and did counts of the organisms that I found in the pond samples.
When I finished my research at the end of my internship, it was compiled into a report. Because I do not have a strong background in statistics I did not run statistical analysis on my findings, but I did compile the data in easy to understand charts and graphs. After I completed the report it was shared with several stakeholders of the wetlands of Magnusen Park, including the company that originally engineered the wetlands (from what used to be an industrial waste site leftover from the areas days as a US Navy Base).
The final portion of my internship was helping the director of Magnuson Nature Programs, Emily Bishton, develop a marine biology summer camp curriculum.
I also conducted research on the wetlands at the park. Since the wetlands were constructed, a beaver family moved in and made several of the ponds much deeper by constructing a massive dam. Some of the ponds ended up being able to connect with Lake Washington in ways that were not predicted before the beaver family moved in, this led to fish being able to migrate into some of the ponds. Originally they did not want fish in these ponds because many of the fish species that are in Lake Washington are not native to Washington State and they are known to prey on salmon fry and native frogs.
The research I conducted was pond water sampling of four different ponds. Two of the ponds are past the beaver dam, and two of the ponds are seasonal ponds that dry up in the summer months and are before the beaver dam. I sampled the temperature, weather, time of day, and did counts of the organisms that I found in the pond samples.
When I finished my research at the end of my internship, it was compiled into a report. Because I do not have a strong background in statistics I did not run statistical analysis on my findings, but I did compile the data in easy to understand charts and graphs. After I completed the report it was shared with several stakeholders of the wetlands of Magnusen Park, including the company that originally engineered the wetlands (from what used to be an industrial waste site leftover from the areas days as a US Navy Base).
The final portion of my internship was helping the director of Magnuson Nature Programs, Emily Bishton, develop a marine biology summer camp curriculum.