Through CD-Rom, videos and activities, students explore science by "becoming" genetic counselors, vet detectives, space geologists, urban ecologists, and more! Extension staff will provide training for teachers to show them how to include Wonderwise in your science curriculum.

Sea Otter Biologist...Brenda Ballachey is a wildlife biologist in Alaska. She studies native sea otters and their marine community.

Pollen Detective...Peg Bolick, Ph.D., is a botanist who specializes in pollen. She searches for pollen in the remains of fossil animals to learn more about events in the prehistoric past.

Parasite Sleuth...Judy Sakanari is a Japanese American parasitologist. She investigates worms and other parasites that live inside marine animals.

Urban Ecologist...Carmen Sid, Ph.D., is a Cuban American ecologist. She studies urban wetlands and how to keep them healthy. Her work takes her to a small wetland in Connecticut where she keeps track of plant and animal diversity.

Rainforest Ecologist... Janalee Caldwell is a biologist and a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. She studies poison frogs and other amphibians in the Amazon rainforest to learn how they live and interact with other species in this intensely competitive world.

African Plant Explorer...Fatimah Jackson is an African American biologist and anthropologist. She studies common African plans that have remarkable uses as food and medicine.

Space Geologist...Adriana Ocampo, Ph.d., searches through Belize and neighboring Mexico for traces of a crater caused by an asteroid that hit earth 65 million years ago. As a space geologist, Adriana compares craters that exist on other planets with ones that are known to exist on Earth.

Vet Detective...Tolani Francisco, DVM, travels Native American Reservations to check on the health of bison and elk. Her challenge is to stop the spread of animal disease using the science behind traditional Native values.

For more information or to reserve the kit and schedule training, contact Karyn Mendoza