Editors Bios
Katie Noonan – Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, The University of Michigan, National Board Certified Teacher 2003 (Adolescent and Young Adult Science), Classroom Science Teacher in OUSD1990-2014 (ret), EPA Region 9 Environmental Achievement Award 2009. Founder and CO-Director of the Environmental Science Academy (California Partnership Academy) at Oakland High, CO-Director 1997-2014 in charge of designing curriculum, maintaining grant and administering budget. As Academy Director I worked with local environmental organizations including Weed Warriors (tidal marsh restoration), Friends of Sausal Creek (restoration), Chabot Space and Science Center, and PG&E (Solar Suitcases in the Schools) and OpenROV (built underwater robotic vehicles and flew in Lake Merritt). Currently I am a Board Member of The Lake Merritt Institute and editor of The Tidings newsletter, and a Partner of GLOBE and WestEd. I do environmental projects with youth such as helping to engage them in shore cleanups, coordinating monitoring of water and organisms by different groups, helping students participate in STEM activities and restoration projects.
Katie Noonan – Ph.D. in Biological Sciences, The University of Michigan, National Board Certified Teacher 2003 (Adolescent and Young Adult Science), Classroom Science Teacher in OUSD1990-2014 (ret), EPA Region 9 Environmental Achievement Award 2009. Founder and CO-Director of the Environmental Science Academy (California Partnership Academy) at Oakland High, CO-Director 1997-2014 in charge of designing curriculum, maintaining grant and administering budget. As Academy Director I worked with local environmental organizations including Weed Warriors (tidal marsh restoration), Friends of Sausal Creek (restoration), Chabot Space and Science Center, and PG&E (Solar Suitcases in the Schools) and OpenROV (built underwater robotic vehicles and flew in Lake Merritt). Currently I am a Board Member of The Lake Merritt Institute and editor of The Tidings newsletter, and a Partner of GLOBE and WestEd. I do environmental projects with youth such as helping to engage them in shore cleanups, coordinating monitoring of water and organisms by different groups, helping students participate in STEM activities and restoration projects.
Founder & President, Insect Sciences Museum - My day job is as a business analyst for a GIS-based maintenance management app (Cityworks) in Oakland Public Works. Evenings, weekends, vacations and the hours in between I head the Insect Sciences Museum of California (ISMC), based in Oakland. I have created entomological materials and science curriculum for the University of California Berkeley, Mills College Education Department, Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County's First 5 Initiative (CalSAC) and Oakland Parks & Recreation. At ISMC I help citizen scientists and naturalists to find channels to express their talents through really cool projects. As an author, I have published "Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area" (1997), a University of California web guide. This guide was inspiration for another web, and a book-based version. Other guides include "Lake Merritt and Greater Oakland Insects" (revised 2013) and "Insects of Wente Scout Camp" (2000).
Founder & President, Insect Sciences Museum - My day job is as a business analyst for a GIS-based maintenance management app (Cityworks) in Oakland Public Works. Evenings, weekends, vacations and the hours in between I head the Insect Sciences Museum of California (ISMC), based in Oakland. I have created entomological materials and science curriculum for the University of California Berkeley, Mills College Education Department, Oakland Unified School District, Alameda County's First 5 Initiative (CalSAC) and Oakland Parks & Recreation. At ISMC I help citizen scientists and naturalists to find channels to express their talents through really cool projects. As an author, I have published "Insects of the San Francisco Bay Area" (1997), a University of California web guide. This guide was inspiration for another web, and a book-based version. Other guides include "Lake Merritt and Greater Oakland Insects" (revised 2013) and "Insects of Wente Scout Camp" (2000).
What distinguishes these projects and programs is
1) their broad outreach to a diverse community in terms of delivery format, ethnicity, age and formal education of participants, and
2) their incorporation of authentic research and connections to formal science and conservation.