Sunny K. Scobell

OUTREACH AND MEDIA COVERAGE

 

• 2012 

  • Presenter - Drink Like a Fish

    • A happy hour meeting of fish hobbyists - Opal Divine’s, Austin, TX

    • Title: “Pregnant males and fighting females: hormones and reproduction in sea horses and pipefish”

  • Presenter - Saturday Morning  Biophysics  –  Image Life!

    • The program introduces  high school  girls  to  current  research  topics  in  the  physical  and  life  sciences - Texas  A&M University,

      • Title: “From the cornfields to the coast: How a small-town girl got into big-time science”

      • Link - http://issuu.com/tamhsccom/docs/trache?e=1683704/3350377, p.5

• 2008 

  • Chaperone - Expanding Your Horizons

    • A conference for sixth-grade girls promoting interest in STEM careers

• 2007

  • Assistant Educator - Deerfoot Youth Camp’s visit to Texas A&M University 

    • The summer camp provides activities for underprivileged boys. I helped conduct an active learning demonstration of the digestive system.

    • Link - http://www.gk12.org/files/2010/04/PEER_Perspectives_Vol_II.pdf, p. 15

  • Biology Graduate Student - NSF GK-12/PEER Program, Graduate Student Interview

    • Introductory video for my 6th grade science class about my research and my pathway to becoming a scientist.

    • Link - http://peer.tamu.edu/NSFPages/NSF_Interviews.asp

• 2002

  • Featured Scientist, Waterways, Episode 209: “Conch Transplant / Gulf Pipefish”

    • Aired: August 2002 to a potential audience of 3 million people in South Florida from Tampa Bay to Key West. Produced by Erik Hutchins.

    • Sponsored by Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Everglades National Park, and United States Environmental Protection Agency.

    • Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPGrPdeFq_w