Scientist in Residence- Geologist Ashliegh Bellrose

This week students were awestruck by the stories and pictures that Ashliegh Bellrose shared when she came in to talk about her life as a geologist. One little girl was over heard saying, "That's the coolest thing I've ever heard." Ashliegh is a research student at the University of Vermont. She has traveled all over the country to study the Earth. At this point in her career she is researching the bottom of Lake Champlain. In a few weeks she will be extracting and testing lake bottom core samples- how cool is that?! Ashliegh adjusted her presentation to match the grade levels she was presenting to. She moved between kindergarten, grade three and grade four grade. She had rock and fossil samples and a host of cool geology tools. A few teachers even asked her to come back. She was not able to visit every class, but she did see the classes that have studied or will be studying geology this year. The good news is we have more scientists ready to visit, so all the classrooms will have the chance to be inspired by an active scientist. Look for the next post on our February physicist visit.

Ashliegh sharing her stories with Mrs. Bouchard's Class and

Tools of the Geologist