TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Ethnobotany and Aquaponics to Engage Native Youth in STEM
AU - Godfrey, Maurice
AU - Bronner, Liliana
AU - Soper, Kim
N1 - Funding Information:
Images used on bingo cards were kindly provided by Dr. Robert Kaul, professor emeritus of botany, University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Booklet text and images from Becky Seth and Kay Young, Prairie Legacy Garden, Pioneers Park Nature Center, Lincoln, Nebraska. Ho-Chunk words provided by Harold Cleveland, Ho Chunk Renaissance. Umóⁿhoⁿ words from Umóⁿhoⁿ lye of Elizabeth Stabler; compiled by Mark Awakuni-Swetland. Elder Certification by D. Morris-Parker, Umóⁿhoⁿ Language and Cultural Center at Umónhon Nation Public Schools; transcriptions by V. Woodhull-Stabler. Funding provided by a National Institute of General Medical Sciences Science Education Partnership Award (GM142096).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the Center for Great Plains Studies, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
PY - 2022/9/1
Y1 - 2022/9/1
N2 - Increasing the diversity of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce is more than a noble goal. The richness of ideas and experiences from many cultural perspectives can help to move science forward. To help pave pathways to higher education and STEM careers, we have been working with schools and communities that serve Native American students. Part of this engagement has been to educate students about plants used by Native people of the Great Plains with the help of an ethnobotany booklet. A second approach has been using aquaponics, the coproduction of fish and plants in an ecosystem, to teach aspects of basic agriculture, fish anatomy, and water systems that may, at scale, help ease the food deserts in many Native American and underserved communities. Here, we describe our efforts to engage Native American students in STEM education by using ethnobotany and aquaponics to generate excitement for these fields.
AB - Increasing the diversity of the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce is more than a noble goal. The richness of ideas and experiences from many cultural perspectives can help to move science forward. To help pave pathways to higher education and STEM careers, we have been working with schools and communities that serve Native American students. Part of this engagement has been to educate students about plants used by Native people of the Great Plains with the help of an ethnobotany booklet. A second approach has been using aquaponics, the coproduction of fish and plants in an ecosystem, to teach aspects of basic agriculture, fish anatomy, and water systems that may, at scale, help ease the food deserts in many Native American and underserved communities. Here, we describe our efforts to engage Native American students in STEM education by using ethnobotany and aquaponics to generate excitement for these fields.
KW - Great Plains
KW - Native American
KW - aquaponics
KW - ethnobotany
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U2 - 10.1353/gpr.2022.0009
DO - 10.1353/gpr.2022.0009
M3 - Article
C2 - 37350777
AN - SCOPUS:85152278273
SN - 1052-5165
VL - 32
SP - 87
EP - 93
JO - Great Plains Research
JF - Great Plains Research
IS - 2
ER -