VANDERBILT NEWS RELEASE: Tennessee middle schoolers investigate a Nashville watershed while trying on STEM roles

This summer, around 30 middle-school students from the Tennessee Nature Academy explored upstream and downstream Mill Creek, which flows 28 miles from Nolensville to the Cumberland River in Tennessee. Some students moved as quickly as algae-covered rocks would allow, while others took cautious steps; all of them shared the “Let-me-see” mindset encouraged by Heidi Carlone, who leads the Teens (Re-)Storying the Creek with STEM (T-ReCS) summer camp and research study.

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