 things that happened was the students learned all of these things that were sort of an accessory to learning statistics because they were engaging with community partners. So students learned to draft somewhat professional emails to their partners and many of them asked me for help with that so that was a really good experience for them. They learned to work together in groups and how to divide up the tasks to complete a large project and I think they do group work in many different courses at Western but the some of the feedback I got from students was this was the best group experience that they've had so far in their college career. So something about figuring out how they were going to distribute the workload I think worked well in this project. Students also got to meet professionals in the community and get a sense of the range of jobs that are available for biology graduates. I think many of them hadn't really thought about some of the possible roles that they could play in the future. The fact that tribes hire biologists to help them survey the environment that the Wacom Department of Public Works hires biologists to help assess water quality and make and make planning decisions for the county. So the fact that students both got to meet these people and also see what kind of ideas were and jobs are out there inspired them. And also many of the students were really excited about having an experience with a project that was sort of a real world experience that they felt like they could put on a resume so they could say when they were going out to apply for jobs I have worked with this agency and I analyzed their data and I wrote a report and and that's actually really something they would do when they go out and get a job. So I think they appreciated that that real world experience as well. Another unintended positive outcome of working in groups was that students got to practice different types of leadership skills and I gave them an additional evaluation to ask them about how they felt about being a leader and that was again me sneaking in some of this experiential education outdoor leadership type of philosophy into the course and many of them said that being in a leadership role was challenging for them and that they tried a new kind of leadership role which is great because it's hard for students to sometimes step into those leadership roles and play different roles and so just even getting them to think about it to process that to try new roles was I think really an important piece of the group work. Again they leave with this real world experience and so when they go out to their wherever they go after they leave college they're going to have this experience that they can reflect on. I think that also gives them confidence that they've learned how to tackle a problem. I think that that confidence piece is an important part of the character building aspect so when you have a real experience and authentic experience it often leads you feeling more confident in the skills that you've learned.