Sara Scanga
Profile
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Time ZoneEastern
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OrganizationUtica College
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RoleScientist Mentor: I will mentor teams of students online
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Research Interests (300 words)My current research projects are in plant ecology, conservation biology, ecosystem ecology, and organic agriculture. I am also a beekeeper, so I have interest in plant-pollinator interactions.
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Profile Question 1What was the first science experiment you ever designed? How did it turn out?
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Profile Question 2Can you describe your attitude toward science when you were in high school?
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Profile Question 3What is the coolest thing you have discovered or learned about plants?
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Capacity: How many teams at a time are you comfortable working with?1
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The Mountaineer's
Sara Scanga
It's pretty interesting to see that different colored microbes grew when treated with salt versus not treated with salt. Did you see this on both the radish and corn plates? In other words, was it consistent across both plant…
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The Mountaineer's
Sara Scanga
Woohoo! Great news on the sprouts!!!!
I figure that if your seeds are sprouting, you already have seed germination data from your paper plate experiment? Did you start recording your data in a data sheet? (Like Excel or Google Sheets, or…
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The Mountaineer's
Sara Scanga
I hope you will too! I have been watering some corn seeds over the last week, and they keep drying out really quickly because they're near the heater! I had to cover them up with a clear plastic dome so that they won't dry out…
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