Denison and Granville's 'Land Lab'

The Tuesday Faculty Lunch Series welcomes Geoff Smith, professor of biology, with a lecture titled “The GIS Land Lab: From Corn Field to Collaboration.” In the summer and fall of 2014, the Granville School District, with the support of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, reclaimed corn fields adjacent to the Granville Intermediate School (GIS) to create a “Land Lab.” The GIS Land Lab serves multiple purposes, including creating wetlands and surrounding areas to improve bird habitat and creating a living laboratory for student learning. In this presentation, Smith will discuss the role that Denison faculty have played in the process of getting the Land Lab approved and our on-going role in developing the Land Lab as a teaching and learning resource for the Granville School District (and Denison). Smith will also discuss how the collaboration between Denison and the School District is providing us the opportunity to pursue some very interesting research questions.