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Beyond Hayden
This was a joint education project of YERC & NASA
In late 2005, YERC started a unique, non-traditional, NASA-funded internship program titled Beyond Hayden: Exploration, Inspiration, and Education in Yellowstone. The program—the central science topic of which is water management—is designed to
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inspire and educate future scientists and science educators,
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increase the use of NASA ESE resources in STEM education, and
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set the foundation for a long-term national program for servicing Native American and rural American communities.
Beyond Hayden seeks to educate and inspire the scientists of tomorrow based on ecological and geospatial science training centered on Yellowstone National Park. The project includes student educator and student researcher paths and serves Native American and rural American student populations. Project collaborators include Project WET (Water Education for Teachers), MOSS (Montana Outdoor Science School), the Biodiversity Conservation Divisions of Turner Enterprises, and Dr. Cathy Whitlock of Montana State University.
Beyond Hayden has three overarching goals
Those goals are
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to inspire and educate future scientists and future science educators, with a focus on Native American and rural American populations
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to increase the use of NASA Earth Science data and resources in STEM education, and
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to become sustainable.
Beyond Hayden Students in the Field
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