Beyond the Bench: Bringing EXCITEment to the Classroom

Who are the scientists, public health officials, and policy makers who will monitor our relationship with the environment 20 years from now? Right now a lot of them are students in middle and high schools throughout the country. And it’s a certainty that these future stakeholders will need to develop the diversity of skills required to tackle the complex issues that arise where environmental and human health intersect––skills that go beyond the practice of simple classroom science experiments. Answering this call to train is Project EXCITE (Environmental Health Science Explorations through Cross-Disciplinary and Investigative Team Experiences), an NIEHS-supported program at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Ohio.