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Kara A. Salazar, Outreach Coordinator
Center for Earth and Environmental Science


Projects
Publications
CV (Word format)
Interns

Contact Information
Office: SL 012
Phone: 317-278-8585
Email:
salazark@iupui.edu
Departmental Mailing Address

Background

M.S.Ed., Urban Education and Science Education, IU School of Education at IUPUI, 2007

M.P.A. Natural Resource Management and Nonprofit Management, IU, 2002

B.S., Public Affairs, Major: Environmental Science and Management, Minor: Spanish, IU, 1999

Specialties
Environmental Service Learning, Environmental Science Education, Ecosystem Restoration

Projects Interns & Links
Ms. Salazar develops, implements, and evaluates environmental science curriculum and outreach programs based on CEES research activities for K-12 students and teachers, university students, community members, and environmental professionals. Outreach programs include the CEES environmental service learning program for undergraduate students coordinated in conjunction with community partners and the Discovering the Science of the Environment program targeted for 4th to 9th grade students and their teachers.  Environmental science research interests include implementation and monitoring of central Indiana wetland and riparian restoration projects, wetland delineation, site mapping, amphibian monitoring, as well as vegetation and water quality data collection and analyses.

Bradley Woolems: Service learning intern

April Herman: Service Learning Intern

 

Recent Publications

Tedesco, L.P., and Salazar, K.A., 2006, Using Environmental Service Learning in an Urban Environment to Address Water Quality. Journal of Geoscience Education, vol. 54, #2, p. 123-132

 

 

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