Aldine Ninth Science Teachers Present Ecosystems Research at CAST

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Biology teachers Dorothy Ringer-Sumner and Denise Igbineweka of Aldine Ninth Grade School attended the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teachers (CAST) in Corpus Christi, November 8 – 10, 2012 to present their research. The teachers conducted research with Dr. Bradley Hoge of the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) on the viability of wetlands and the succession of diatoms in Greens Bayou and the Anahuac Nature Wildlife Preserve. These ecosystems lost their ability to function as wetlands after Hurricanes Katrina and Ike. Ringer-Sumner and Igbineweka gathered core samples from these wetlands and conducted population counts of the diatoms. The teachers developed lessons to simulate their research in the classroom with student teachers from UHD. Ringer-Sumner, Igbineweka are pictured (l-r) with Ángela Rosales, a biology major at UHD and a former student teacher of Ringer-Sumner, at the conference.