Day 7 at Las Cruces Biological Field Station
Long day doing data analysis and poster preparation with the students. Since I took on Cristy and Cecilly from another mentor, we split my group into two poster presentations. Jaiden will present on the original instream and riparian habitat quality along a landuse gradient study while the others will present the physicochemical data.
We made a ton of progress on the analysis and posters, but towards late afternoon I felt like the students were just asking me to do everything, so I gave them a deadline for tomorrow afternoon and told them to produce a completed rough draft on their own. It was kind of like pulling teeth all day to get them to work on it, but once they realized they would have to complete it on their own, it seemed to spur them into action. We will see what they produce by tomorrow.
This condensed research experience can be quite intense for both students and mentors.
We made a ton of progress on the analysis and posters, but towards late afternoon I felt like the students were just asking me to do everything, so I gave them a deadline for tomorrow afternoon and told them to produce a completed rough draft on their own. It was kind of like pulling teeth all day to get them to work on it, but once they realized they would have to complete it on their own, it seemed to spur them into action. We will see what they produce by tomorrow.
This condensed research experience can be quite intense for both students and mentors.
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