 Scientific research can be intimidating but underlies a lot that you learn in school. Often it's a community health problem, a sick family member, or pollution that draws your interest to a deeper understanding of science and engineering. So my background is in geology, so yes rocks, where geologists and environmental engineers often work in environmental regulations, protection and cleaning up the environment. So in this course you'll get to learn how to read and summarize original scientific and engineering research tied to public health or environmental health problems. And when I say public health I just mean diseases or life choices that impact your quality of life and lifespan of a community and when I say an environmental health I mean how the quality of our food, water, air, and soil impacts quality of life or the lifespan of you and your community. The fun way we start this course is watching a documentary film, the type you'd see on Netflix, on eating vegan, and you're gonna dive deep into the real research behind some of the health claims made in that movie. You'll work as a team to summarize and communicate your findings. I'll also teach you other tools to find, read, and explain scientific and engineering research. Then you'll get to pick your own topic on a public or environmental health problem to do a deep dive into the research underlying the problem and you'll get to write and visually presents your findings to others. We are excited to offer a course that mixes communication and STEM and gives you a new route to learn about science and engineering.