How can agricultural pastures be managed to support a community pollinators? Nicholas Lyon joins me on Science in Progress to chat about his research on this subject and much more. Nick is a masters student at Iowa State University and did his undergraduate at the University of Puget Sound.  Nick had is first day of masters-related field work the summer before grad school even officially started!  Download to hear more about Nick's work and follow Nick on twitter @scilyon

In this episode, I chat with Katrina Catalano a PhD candidate at Rutgers University.  Katrina discusses backyard ecology projects such as bee keeping, composting and brewing kombucha!  These are fun ways for us to harness the power of ecology right at home.

Katrina's blog (http://fishtailsforkids.com/) has fun and engaging stories meant for kids that are based on real primary research.

In this episode we chat with Katie Thompson of Iowa State University.  Katie talks about her experiences balancing being a Teaching Assistant and graduate student.  Katie also shares some suggestions that you can incorporate into your classroom instruction.