Outreach Overview

FOR THE PUBLIC

WALII's outreach goals are to engage with K-12 teachers and students from underserved communities and members of the public to demystify science and involve citizens in scientific efforts.

Our initiatives will include developing a Beal-style seed longevity citizen science experiment lesson plan in conjunction with Washington D.C. teachers and an expansion of the International Society of Tardigrade Hunters project to enable participants to take photos of the microscopic animals using Foldscopes connected to smartphones.

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
“WALII operates in part out of Michigan State University. We acknowledge that Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg – the Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. We affirm Indigenous sovereignty and hold Michigan State University accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.”

WALII is funded by NSF DBI grant #2213983