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Today’s Female Researchers Inspire Tomorrow’s Women in Science

April 17, 2014

Today’s Female Researchers Inspire Tomorrow’s Women in Science — In Swim Towards the Light, the Scouts test how light can change the swimming behavior of zooplankton, brainstorming why this may be helpful in the marine environment. (Photo credit: Colleen McCue with Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve)

On Saturday, March 29, a group of 15 women scientists led a workshop for the Girl Scouts that was filled with opportunities to look under the microscope, dig down in the mud, and get fishy, all in the name of science.