Meredith
Keelan
Teacher in the Field
Meredith joined the BOLIVAR Project for
the April 2004 cruise aboard the Maurice
Ewing. Meredith is participating as the
Teacher in the Field with the UTIG
expedition and will be working with Gail
Christeson. Meredith teaches 6-9 grade
science at Van Vleck ISD, in Van Vleck
Texas. She has previous research
experience in field research
participating in Acid Rain research with
Earth Watch Forests of Bohemia project
in 1999. Meredith’s responsibilities
while aboard the Johnson included
deploying the OBS monitors, formulating
data and monitoring the systems and data
as recorded. With this experience she
developed lessons that will teach
students how these data are collected,
interpreted and used to tell researchers
what is happening as these plates
collide.
Meredith's cruise journal
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