FGCU students experimenting with hydrogen peroxide to kill blue-green algae
Published: May 12, 2021 5:10 PM EDT
Updated: May 12, 2021 5:11 PM EDT
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Students at Florida Gulf Coast University are seeing if hydrogen peroxide can be used to kill or potentially stop toxic algae.
The students are using the algae outbreak on Lake Okeechobee to learn how to potentially control it in water conditions from the Caloosahatchee River. It’s a chance to bring the lab outside in a more real-life scenario.
“Today is the second day of our cyanobacteria experiment that we are running in these tubs over here,” said Taylor Hancock, a research assistant at the Water School at FGCU and a PhD student at the University of South Florida.
FGCU research students go underwater to take scuba certification to the next level
Published: April 7, 2021 5:02 PM EDT
Updated: April 7, 2021 6:13 PM EDT
Students at Florida Gulf Coast University are learning how to do research underwater while scuba diving.
The university is known for researching issues that happen in our own backyard, but in order to get out there, students first have to get their feet wet, in a pool.
Calli Johnson is a dive safety officer and scientific diving course instructor at FGCU, She says, “We’re doing a really, really simple introduction to technical diving here in the pool.”
Don’t mistake this for a pleasure diving course, for these students it’s all about scientific research.
FGCU students, 1st graders learn together about kindness
Published: March 11, 2021 5:27 PM EST
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Students at Florida Gulf Coast University are teaching a younger generation about kindness, compassion and empathy.
You probably wouldn’t think there’s any subject college students and first graders could learn together, but it turns out, there is, and WINK News got to witness it.
“We’re spreading kindness and compassion and empathy,” said Julianna Griffin, who teaches a class at FGCU called “Understanding Kindness, Compassion and Empathy.”
“I hope this program one day makes my students kinder, more compassionate, and more empathetic citizens,” said Colleen Bowman, a first grade teacher at San Carlos Park Elementary.