Month: May 2025

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SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Summer Camp Positions at SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve

 

SHADOW Lake Nature Preserve is seeking volunteer camp assistants to help run 3 weeks of environmental education summer camp for grades 3-5. Camp assistants can volunteer for all three weeks or only a single week. Camp is held from 9am to 3pm Tues-Fri. Volunteers will need to arrive at least 15 minutes before the start of camp on the days they are volunteering.

Duties will include assisting the Education Coordinator in camp education and maintaining child safety and wellbeing throughout the camp day

Camp will be held on-site at the preserve, and a large portion of each day will be spent outside.

Qualifications: Camp assistants need to be enthusiastic about spending time with children ages 8-11 and consent to a criminal background check. No prior experience is necessary. Must be 18+ years old. Additional on-site training will be provided.

Volunteers needed for:

Week 1: July 15-18

Week 2: July 29 – August 1

Week 3: August 5- 8

To volunteer, please email info@shadowhabitat.org

 

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Apply Now for the WSG Keystone Fellowship
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Now hiring: SAFS Undergraduate Research Assistant – apply by June 9

Dr. Frieda B. Taub’s laboratory is looking for a new undergraduate research assistant (URGA) to replace one who is graduating this June. Undergraduate Research Assistant, starting June 2025.
 Interest in algal-zooplankton-microbe ecological research (laboratory Closed Ecological Systems), comfortable with basic inorganic chemistry (molar quantities), some simple gas laws, computer skills including Microsoft Suite. Experience with statistics, EndNote, or aquatic chemistry is a plus. Will gain expertise in algal and Daphnia culture techniques; sterilization procedures (autoclaving), complex chemically defined media; experimental design, general laboratory procedures, instrumentation, and dishwashing. Must be able to lift 30 pounds. Preference for a student with more than one year left at UW, Seattle. Approximately 10 hours/week.
 
Please respond via: https://forms.gle/WDWx9RK92LRF8tqE8 by JUNE 9, 2025
 interested students should contact Dr. Taub directly (taub@uw.edu)
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NASA DEVELOP Research Opportunities available to current undergrads, current graduates, recent alumni and early career professionals: Apply by June 13

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I’m writing to inform you about 10-week paid research opportunities with the NASA DEVELOP National Program, open to current students (undergraduate or graduate), recent college graduates, and transitioning/early career professionals. Please pass this information, along with the attached flyer, to those who may be interested.

NASA DEVELOP is an applied science and capacity building program in NASA’s Earth Science Division. Our projects help local, state, and national communities address environmental and public policy issues through the use of satellite-sourced data and imagery, geographic analyses, and other tools. We have 10 offices throughout the country with both in-person and virtual opportunities.

DEVELOP participants work in teams with partner organizations, NASA scientists, and science advisors to learn how NASA Earth science data can be applied to eight thematic areas: agriculture, climate, disasters, ecological forecasting, energy, health and air quality, water resources, and wildfires. Responsibilities include literature review, data processing and analysis, and communicating the methodology and results of scientific research in presentations and a technical report.

It is helpful to have some experience in Earth science/environmental studies/environmental justice, science communication, remote sensing, and/or GIS, but it is not required! As a capacity building program, we provide a space for participants to learn more about these areas in a hands-on project, as well as share the skills they already have. This is a multi-disciplinary opportunity for all those interested in Earth science, and we encourage those in the social sciences, general science, engineering, computer science, etc. to apply.

Applicants must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and be able to work in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment. Days of the week are flexible, but applicants should be able to commit to 20 – 29 hours per week during the term. The position is paid hourly and determined by education level and work location.

Applications for the fall term (September 15 – November 21) open on May 5 and close June 13.

The DEVELOP program will be hosting informational webinars for the Fall 2025 term on May 21 (this webinar has already passed) and June 6 where potential applicants can learn more about the project opportunities, application process, and the program itself. You can find more details about the webinars and the links to attend in the attached webinar flyer.

For more information, visit our website: https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/what-we-do/capacity-building/develop.