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Member Since 2023
Michelle Pratt
Program Manager, Polar STEAM, Oregon State University
Michelle is the Program Manager for the NSF-funded Polar STEAM program. She works to foster innovative collaborations between scientists, teachers, artists, and writers in polar environments. Michelle brings over 20 years of Alaskan experience as a World Geography Educator and as a Program Manager supporting Rural Alaska infrastructure needs. She also lived and worked at McMurdo Station, Antarctica for two austral summer seasons supporting science in the South Polar Region.
Professional Experience
Oregon State University
Program Manager, Polar STEAM
2022 - Present
Education
Alaska Pacific University
Bachelors
AGU Abstracts
Beyond Ocean Expeditions: Onshore Outreach Promotes Public Interest in Scientific Ocean Drilling around the World
OCEAN AND EARTH SCIENCE: CREATING LASTING IMPACT THROUGH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION II POSTER
science and society | 15 december 2023
Amy Mayer, Michelle Pratt, Maya Pincus, Elizabeth ...
Place-based learning is an ideal in science education: What better way for students to make sense of complex concepts and phenomena than to experience...
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Reciprocal Value for Embedding Science Communicators Within Scientific Expeditions
OCEAN AND EARTH SCIENCE: CREATING LASTING IMPACT THROUGH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND SCIENCE COMMUNICATION I ORAL
science and society | 14 december 2023
Michelle Pratt, Lesley Anderson
When science communicators are embedded into the science party, there are opportunities for reciprocal learning to occur. Science communicators gain i...
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Integrating Art into STEM to Increase Engagement in Polar Science through Polar STEAM
COLD REGIONS STEM EDUCATION: EXPERIENCES, PRACTICES, AND CHALLENGES POSTER
cryosphere | 13 december 2023
Michelle Pratt, Melissa Barker, Julie Risien, Pete...
Polar STEAM makes the isolated, extreme polar regions and the science conducted in those regions accessible to educators, artists, and writers so that...
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