Name: How Weathering and Erosion Carved 2000 Natural Arches - Arches National Park | OutSCIder Classroom @OutSCIderClassroom
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Description: How Weathering and Erosion Carved 2000 Natural Arches - Arches National Park | OutSCIder Classroom

How Weathering and Erosion Carved 2000 Natural Arches - Arches National Park | OutSCIder Classroom

OutSCIder Classroom 2026-09-19 | How Weathering and Erosion Carved 2000 Natural Arches - Arches National Park | OutSCIder Classroom

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-New River Gorge National Park
-Maya Bradford
-Kathleen Benison
-Lloyd Tomlinson
-Kenzie New Walker
-West Virginia Mine Wars Museum
-Eve West
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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OutSCIder Classroom 2025-04-28 | Cusi Ballew of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians shares how his community maintains a close relationship with the non-human world in an OutSCIder Classroom special on indigenous peoples.

Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Cameron Hollstegge
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Cusi Ballew
-Nicole Holloway
-Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
-Indiana Dunes National Park
-Steve Rossi
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Cameron Hollstegge
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Indiana Dunes National Park
-Steve Rossi
-Erin Argyilan
-Kit James
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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OutSCIder Classroom 2025-04-14 | Learn about ecological succession by hiking from the sand dunes to the oak forests in Indiana Dunes National Park.

Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Cameron Hollstegge
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Indiana Dunes National Park
-Steve Rossi
-Wisconsin Conservation Corps
-Erin Argyilan
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Cameron Hollstegge
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Indiana Dunes National Park
-Steve Rossi
-Wisconsin Conservation Corps
-Jacob Karkowski
-Eric Robertson
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Indiana Dunes National Park
-Steve Rossi
-Erin Argyilan
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Pam Barnes
-Chris Davis
-Cuyahoga Valley National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Pam Barnes
-Pam Machuga
-Kathleen Smoot
-Cuyahoga ValleyNational Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Peg and Rob Bobel
-Rebecca Jones Macko
-Pam Barnes
-Pam Machuga
-Kathleen Smoot
-Cuyahoga ValleyNational Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Rebecca Jones Macko
-Pam Barnes
-Pam Machuga
-Kathleen Smoot
-Cuyahoga ValleyNational Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Tim Donovan
-Canalway Partners
-Rebecca Jones Macko
-Pam Barnes
-Pam Machuga
-Kathleen Smoot
-Cleveland Memory Project
-Cleveland State University
-Cuyahoga ValleyNational Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Filmed by John Gibson
Editing and audio by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Bruce Hatcher
-Jessica Cooper
-Mammoth Cave National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Filmed by John Gibson
Editing and audio by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Jerry Bransford
-Bruce Hatcher
-Jessica Cooper
-Mammoth Cave National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Filmed by John Gibson
Editing and audio by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Greg Ang
-Bruce Hatcher
-Jessica Cooper
-Mammoth Cave National Park
-Battle for the Bridge Historic Preserve
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Bruce Hatcher
-Mammoth Cave National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Filmed by John Gibson
Editing and audio by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Bruce Hatcher
-Jessica Cooper
-Mammoth Cave National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Filmed by John Gibson
Editing and audio by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Bruce Hatcher
-Jessica Cooper
-Mammoth Cave National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Learn more about Antoine's work in documenting the African American experience in the Smokies:
nps.gov/grsm/learn/historyculture/african-american-experiences-in-the-smokies-project.htm

Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Cameron Hollstegge
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Antoine Fletcher
-Great Smoky Mountains National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Great Smoky Mountains National Park
-Troy Evans
-Becky Nichols
-Paul Super
-Jessica Cooper
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson, Mary Ellen Finnegan, and Paul Smith
Edited by John Gibson
Illustrations by Arianna Manners
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Great Smoky Mountains National Park
-Paul Super
-Jessica Cooper
-Brook Mitchell-Norman
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Denise Diaz
-Yvette Cano
-Antonia Florio
-Everglades National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Cameron Hollstegge
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Evergaldes National Park
-Dylann Turffs
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Denise Diaz
-Evergaldes National Park
-Dylann Turffs
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Yvette Cano
-Evergaldes National Park
-Dylann Turffs
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Dr. Raha Hakimdavar
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by John Gibson
Animations by Arianna Manners
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Raha Hakimdavar
-Evergaldes National Park
-Dylann Turffs
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Willow Melamet
-Friends of Virgin Islands National Park
-Virgin Islands National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Kurt Marsh
-Dr Hadiya Sewer
-St Jan Co
-Virgin Islands National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Cameron Hollstegge
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Virgin Islands National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Dr Lina Perez-Angel
-GeoLatinas
-Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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OutSCIder Classroom 2024-03-11 | Learn how converging tectonic plates and subduction zones built St. John and the rest of the Virgin Islands.

Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by John Gibson
Animations by Arianna Manners
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Carolina Ortiz Guerrero
-University of Florida Department of Geological Sciences
-GeoLatinas
-Rocío Paola Caballero-Gill
-Virgin Islands National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Dr Rocio Paola Caballero-Gill
-GeoLatinas
-Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Lina C Perez Angel
-Rocio Paola Caballero-Gill
-GeoLatinas
-Dry Tortugas National Park
-Dylann Turffs
-Yankee Freedom Ferry
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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OutSCIder Classroom 2024-02-06 | Environmental Educator Nicole Jackson explains how migratory birds like the Sooty Tern and the Brown Noddy can go up to 10 years without resting on land and why they use Dry Tortugas as a place to nest.

Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Nicole Jackson
-Scioto Audubon Park
-Cornell Lab of Ornithology
-Dry Tortugas National Park
-Dylann Turffs
-Yankee Freedom Ferry
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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OutSCIder Classroom 2024-01-30 | Learn the hidden history of America's most remote fort and its role in protecting the Transatlantic slave trade. Historian Gene Tinnie joins to explain the Triangle Trade and why the US Navy bothered to build Fort Jefferson in what is now Dry Tortugas National Park.

Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Gene Tinnie
-Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
-Dry Tortugas National Park
-Dylann Turffs
-Yankee Freedom Ferry
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson, Mary Ellen Finnegan, and Paul Smith
Edited by John Gibson
Animation by Arianna Manners
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Dry Tortugas National Park
-Yankee Freedom Ferry
-Rocio Paola Caballero-Gill
-GeoLatinas
--Dylann Turffs
-Great Falls National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Angelique Rosa Marin
-Geolatinas
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Dr. Jeanette Davis
-Blackwater Wildlife Refuge
-Ray Paterra
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Cameron Hollstegge
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Dr. Jeanette Davis
-Coral Vita
-Biscayne National Park Institute
-Tanya Manfrediz
-Adam Steckley
-Harold Ochstein
-Blackwater Wildlife Refuge
-Ray Paterra
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

Sea Beans: Natures Ocean-Crossing Travelers - Seed dispersal | Biscayne National Park

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by John Gibson
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Bahia Honda State Park
-Ed Perry
-Paul Mikkelsen
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

Mangroves: Marine Wildlifes Secret Nursery | Biscayne National Park

OutSCIder Classroom 2023-11-14 | Learn how mangroves provide a habitat for marine wildlife, how their forests create their own islands, and how they protect the coastline for humans with special guest, environmental scientist Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo

Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Will Iles
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Dr. Lola Fatoyinbo
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Cameron Hollstegge
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Biscayne National Park
-Biscayne National Park Institute
-Tanya Manfrediz
-Adam Steckley
-Harold Ochstein
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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OutSCIder Classroom 2023-10-31 | Learn how convection currents in the air create ocean currents and why those currents move in circles due to the Coriolis Effect with marine geoscientist Angelique Rosa Marin.

Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by John Gibson
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Angelique Rosa Marin
-Biscayne National Park
-Biscayne National Park Institute
-Tanya Manfrediz
-Adam Steckley
-Harold Ochstein
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Learn more about Akua's outreach and community work: geecheeinfluence.com

Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Cameron Hollstegge
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Akua Page
-Jenkins Institute for Children
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

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Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by John Gibson
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Katherine Ko
-Colleen Flanagan Pritz
-Dragonfly Mercury Project
-David Shelley
-Jeffrey Olson
-National Parks Service
-Congaree National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

Rice, Sea Islands & the Untold Legacy of the Gullah Geechee - Congaree National Park

OutSCIder Classroom 2023-10-10 | Akua Page shares the history of the Gullah Geechee people, the significance of rice to their history and culture, and their connection to the Sea Islands of the American Southeast. Learn more about Akua and her work: geecheeinfluence.com

Learn more about Akua's outreach and community work: geecheeinfluence.com

Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Cameron Hollstegge
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Akua Page
-Jenkins Institute for Children
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

Meet a cool scientist! Park Ranger and Ecologist Colleen Flanagan Pritz | OutSCIder Classroom

OutSCIder Classroom 2023-10-03 | Come learn about STEM careers with Park Ranger Colleen and ecologist Flanagan Pritz, who shares how exploring the outdoors in Wisconsin as a kid set her on a path to take care of America's National Parks.

Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by Zoey Desmond
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Colleen Flanagan Pritz
-Dragonfly Mercury Project
-David Shelley
-Jeffrey Olson
-National Parks Service
-Congaree National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

Biomes Tour! Wetlands | Congaree National Park

OutSCIder Classroom 2023-09-26 | Join the biomes tour! Chris explores the bottomland forests of Congaree National Park to learn about wetlands.

Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by John Gibson
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-David Shelley
-Jeffrey Olson
-National Parks Service
-Congaree National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC

Learning Biotic & Abiotic Factors in Congaree National Park

OutSCIder Classroom 2023-09-18 | Explore the flooded forests of Congaree to learn about the biotic and abiotic factors in an ecosystem

Created and Hosted by Chris Anderson
Produced by Chris Anderson and Paul Smith
Directed and filmed by Mary Ellen Finnegan
Edited by John Gibson
Original music by Blake Sutton

A special thanks to:
-Katherine Ko
-Colleen Flanagan Pritz
-Dragonfly Mercury Project
-David Shelley
-Jeffrey Olson
-National Parks Service
-Congaree National Park
-National Geographic Society
-Hamilton County ESC