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Meet Jason Thomas

Meet Jason Thomas

Jason ThomasBrowning High SchoolLong Beach, CAChemistry and Food Science, 10th and 11th grade2018 STAR Research Poster2019 STAR Research Poster Q: Briefly describe your STAR research experience(s), where you worked and 1-2 sentence overview of the type of work you...

Labs-Cal Poly

cal poly state university About cal poly California Polytechnic State University, or Cal Poly for short, is located on California’s Central Coast about half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Cal Poly is known for their “Learn by doing” motto...
Meet Kathryn McEachern

Meet Kathryn McEachern

Dr. Kathryn McEachern is a Research Ecologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, at the Channel Islands Field Station. Like much of the arid southwest, the California Channel Islands were used as ranches from about 1800 to the 1950’s...
Meet Beatriz Garcia

Meet Beatriz Garcia

Q: What subject do you teach and where?A: I teach 9th-12th grade Mathematics at Hanford High School in California. Q: How long have you been a full-time teacher?A: 2019 is my second year of full-time teaching. Q: Can you tell us a little about your STAR research...

Impact

Impact Fellows Our fellows over the life of the program  Anne McHugh“The professional connections I have made through STAR have transformed my trajectory as a science teacher and transformed my classroom into a laboratory.” Meet Anne  Shawn Kirby“STAR...