Washington High School Senior Zoey Ziegler Completes Summer Field Internship at Tyson Research
Washington High School senior Zoey Ziegler completed a field research internship program this summer at Tyson Research Center.
Ziegler participated in TERA (Tyson Environmental Research Apprenticeship). TERA is a field research internship program for high school students based at Tyson Research Center.
Selected teen participants have completed the SIFT program during the previous year and apply their field skills to ongoing research projects at Tyson and other partnering research sites in the St. Louis area.
The SIFT program is an introductory field skills training program at Shaw Nature Reserve designed to engage teenagers, entering grades 10-12, in scientific exploration of the natural world.
TERA provides a cultural apprenticeship in university-based environmental biology research and training in scientific communication. It is an advanced summer experience modeled on the undergraduate research fellowships offered at Tyson.
During six weeks over the summer, the program provides teens with authentic exposure to a variety of field science experiences and skills. TERA teens work as paid members of research teams alongside Washington University scientists, post-doctoral researchers, graduate students, and undergraduate students. Thoughtful mentoring relationships are cultivated at every level within the community.
Click here for Ziegler’s interview about the program.
Click here for the research poster Ziegler presented.
Washington High School senior Zoey Ziegler completed a field research internship program this summer at Tyson Research Center.
