RTP Speakers for K-12 Audiences
- Grades K-5
Speakers for Grades K - 5 Name Area Lauren Bamford - Water: Conservation and Pollution
- Environmental Science Topics
- Trash Talk (Reduce/ Reuse/ Recycle)
- Environmental Science Topics
- Science Fair Judge
- Measuring Lung Capacity - Class or Booth Activity
- How Much Electricity Do YOU Use?
- Climate Change Chemistry
- Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
- Air Quality
- Predator/Prey Dynamics
- Power Plants: The Chemistry of Photosynthesis
- Marine Science: Various Topics
Todd Hawes - Judging Science Fairs
- Air Pollution Basics
Erin Pias Hines - Student-led DNA Extraction from Strawberries
- General Overview of the Scientific Mission in the Reproductive Toxicology Division
John Iiames, Ph.D. - Geographical Information Services (GIS)
- Remote Sensing
- Forestry
Yvonne W. Johnson - General Talks/Trainings
- Judging Science Fairs
- Achieving Emission Reductions Using Regulatory and Non-regulatory Tools
- General Environmental Science
Vasu Kilaru - Digital Geography, Satellites, and the Future of Environmental Monitoring and Mapping
- Abrupt Climate Change - Why and How Climate Change Can Happen in a Few Decades
Melissa McCullough - Dollars and Sense of Green Building
- 21st Century and the Three Legs of Sustainability
Jessica Montanez * - Protecting the Environment
Holly Mortensen - Human Evolution - Genetics and the Environment
- Human Evolution - Genetics Variability and Environmental Exposure/Drug Metabolism
Donna Rogers - Air Quality (AirNow EnviroFlash, School Flag Program)
Sania Tong-Argao - Measuring Lung Capacity
- Bioaccumulation and Fish Consumption
- Science/Environmental Topics
Tim Watkins - Air Pollution
Kelly Witter - Water: Conservation and Pollution
- Careers at EPA - Presentation and/or Booth
- Environmental Science Topics
- Trash Talk (Reduce/Reuse/Recycle)
- Judging Science Fairs
- Measuring Lung Capacity - Class or Booth Activity
- How Much Electricity Do YOU Use?
- Climate Change
- Air Quality
George Woodall, Ph.D. - Will Build to Suit Audience
- What is a Toxicologist
- Grades 6-8
Speakers for Grades 6 - 8 Name Area Lauren Bamford - Water: Conservation and Pollution
- Environmental Science Topics
- Trash Talk (Reduce/ Reuse/ Recycle)
- Energy Use (Energy Game and Presentation)
- Environmental Science Topics
- Science Fair Judge
- Measuring Lung Capacity - Class or Booth Activity
- How Much Electricity Do YOU Use?
- Climate Change Chemistry
- Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
- Air Quality
- Predator/Prey Dynamics
- Power Plants: The Chemistry of Photosynthesis
- Marine Science: Various Topics
Rachelle Duvall, Ph.D. - Engineering Careers
- Environmental Engineering Careers
- Air Pollution (Background, Legistration, Sampling Techniques, Modeling)
- Protecting the Environmental and Endangered Species
- Climate Change
Todd Hawes - Judging Science Fairs
- Visibility Basics and Regional Haze
- Air Pollution Basics
Erin Pias Hines - Student-led DNA Extraction from Strawberries
- General Overview of the Scientific Mission in the Reproductive Toxicology Division
John Iiames, Ph.D. - Geological Information System
- Remote Sensing
- Forestry
Laura Jackson, Ph.D. - Development and Urban Ecology
- Songbirds as Indicators of Landscape Ecological Condition
- Environmental Monitoring to Assess Ecological Condition (EMAP)
- Relationship of Lyme Disease to Surburan Sprawl
- Choosing and Evaluating Ecological Indicators to Measure Environmental Conditions
- Ecosystem Services/Green Infrastructure
Yvonne W. Johnson - General Talks/Trainings
- Judging Science Fairs
- Achieving Emission Reductions Using Regulatory and Non-regulatory Tools
- General Environmental Science
Vasu Kilaru - Digital Geography, Satellites, and the Future of Environmental Monitoring and Mapping
- Abrupt Climate Change - Why and How Climate Change Can Happen in a Few Decades
Jessica Montanez * - General Topics for the Hispanic Community (Presentations in Spanish) (i.e. Asthma, Indoor Air Pollution, Air Quality Index, etc.)
- Engineering Careers
- Protecting the Environment
- Air Pollution (Background, Legislation, Permitting)
- Climate Change
Holly Mortensen - Human Evolution - Genetic and the Environment
- Human Evolution - Genetics Variability and Environmental Exposure/Drug Metabolism
Donna Rogers - Air Quality (AirNow EnviroFlash, School Flag Program)
Chon Shoaf, Ph.D. - Risk Assessment
Sania Tong-Argao - Air Quality Index
- EPA Intern Program; Environmental/Science Careers
- Measuring Lung Capacity
- Bioaccumulation and Fish Consumption
- Science/Environmental Topics
Tim Watkins - Air Pollution Research - Atmospheric Science and Human Exposure
Kelly Witter - Water: Conservation and Pollution
- Careers at EPA - Presentation and/or Booth
- Environmental Science Topics
- Trash Talk (Reduce/Reuse/Recycle)
- Energy Use
- Judging Science Fairs
- Measuring Lung Capacity - Class or Booth Activity
- How Much Electricity Do YOU Use?
- Climate Change
- Air Quality
George Woodall, Ph.D. - Will Build to Suit Audience
- What is a Toxicologist?
- Grades 9 - 12
Speakers for Grades 9 - 12 Name Area Lauren Bamford - Energy Use (Energy Game and Presentation)
- Environmental Science Topics
- Science Fair Judge
- Measuring Lung Capacity - Class or Booth Activity
- How Much Electricity Do YOU Use?
- Climate Change Chemistry
- Ecological Impacts of Climate Change
- Power Plants: The Chemistry of Photosynthesis
- Marine Science: Various Topics
Doris A. Betancourt, Ph.D. - Identification of Mold in Indoor Environment
- Mold Remediation and Prevention
Teri Conner, Ph.D. - Air Quality: What's Your AQ IQ?
- Energy Game and Presentation
- My Career Path - Career Presentation and Discussion
- The Chemistry of the Destruction of Stratospheric Ozone - Lesson and Activity
David M. DeMarini, Ph.D. - Genes, Pollution, the Environment, and Cancer
Rachelle Duvall, Ph.D. - Engineering Careers
- Environmental Engineering Careers
- Air Pollution (Background, Legislation, Sampling Techniques, and Modeling)
- Climate Change
Dale Evarts - "Air Pollution Knows No Boundaries: What is the International Community doing to Improve Global Air Quality?"
Todd Hawes - Judging Science Fairs
- Visibility Basics and Regional Haze
Erin Pias Hines - Mammary Gland Pathology Slides
- Student-led DNA Extraction from Strawberries
- General Overview of the Scientific Mission in the Reproductive Toxicology Division
John Iiames, Ph.D. - Geological Information Service (GIS)
- Remote Sensing
- Forestry
Laura Jackson, Ph.D. - Development and Urban Ecology
- Songbirds as Indicators of Landscape Ecological Conditions
- Environmental Monitoring to Assess Ecological Conditions(EMAP)
- The Relationship of Lyme Disease to Suburban Sprawl
- Choosing and Evaluating Ecological Indicators to Measure Environmental Conditions
- Ecosystem Services/Green Infrastructure
- EPA’s “EnviroAtlas” Online Mapping Tool
Yvonne W. Johnson - General Talks/Trainings
- Judging Science Fairs
- Achieving Emission Reductions Using Regulatory and Non-regulatory Tools
- General Environmental Science
Richard Judson, Ph.D. - How our Genomes Affect our Health
Vasu Kilaru - Digital Geograph, Satellites, and the Future of Environmental Monitoring and Mapping
- Abrupt Climate Change - Why and How Cliate Change Can Happen in a Few Decades
Melissa McCullough - Dollars and Sense of Green Building
- 21st Century and the Three Legs of Sustainability
Jessica Montanez * - General Topics for the Hispanic Community (Presentations in Spanish) (i.e. Asthma, Indoor Air Pollution, Air Quality Index, etc.)
- Engineering Careers
- Protecting the Environment
- Air Pollution (Background, Legislation, Permitting)
- Climate Change
Donna Rogers - Air Quality (AirNow EnviroFlash, School Flag Program)
Chon Shoaf, Ph.D. - Air Toxics
- Dose-Response
- Risk Assessment
Sania Tong-Argao - Air Quality Index
- EPA Intern Program; Environmental/Science Careers
- Measuring Lung Capacity
- Science/Environmental Topics
John Wambaugh - Sand Science: The Physics of "Granular Media"
- The Physics of Kevin Bacon: The Scientific Study of Networks
- Why Does the EPA Study Toxicology?
- What are Biological Models?
Tim Watkins - Monitoring Air Quality
- Understanding Human Exposure and Health Impacts
- Air Pollution Research - Atmospheric Science and Human Exposure
- Air, Climate, and Energy Research at EPA
Robert J. Wayland, Ph.D. - Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) - Reducing Air Toxics from the Power Sector
- Carbon Pollution Standards (CPS) - Reducing Greenhouse Gases from the Power Sector
Kelly Witter - Careers at EPA - Presentation and/or Booth
- Energy Use
- Judging Science Fairs
- Measuring Lung Capacity - Class or Booth Activity
- How Much Electricity Do YOU Use?
- Climate Change
Joseph Wood - Water Resources and Sanitation Issues in Developing Countries
- Air Quality or Air Pollution Control or Specific Topics Related to Air Pollution/Control; Technical and Policy Issues
- EPA's Role in Homeland Security; Decontamination and/or Disposal of Areas and Materials Contaminated with Chemical or Biological Warfare
George Woodall, Ph.D. - Will Build to Suit Audience
- Health - Protective Reference Values for Chemical Exposures
- Assesing Risk: Are the Benefits Worth the Risks?
*Can present in Spanish and/or English