On Wednesday, February 23^rd,  UConn Early College Experience, and the UConn ECE Faculty Coordinator for Environmental Science, Prof. Morty Ortega met with certified NRE Instructors for their annual professional development conference.

Guest Lectures:

• Evan Ward, Department of Marine Sciences, UConn: “Plastic pollution in marine environments: Knowns, unknowns, and uncertainties”
• Kelly Crandall, Molecular and Cell Biology Department, UConn: “Microplastics, the Microbiome, and how they relate to each other”

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The group also discussed their UConn NRE 1000E courses they are offering in their high schools with Dr. Ortega.

UConn Environmental Science courses offered through ECE.