Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Fall 2013 | Página 5

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“Between the years of 1992 and 1996, there was
a significant amount of material dredged from
the harbor anchorage area, in accordance with
federal navigational standards. How the Saco
River responds to this type of human activity is
not something that is completely understood.”
Harder’s marine science graduate
program requires him to find ways to
share marine science education with
various communities; one opportunity
brought him back to Thornton’s campus
and into the biology labs to work with
students (see right).
-P.E.

About his time in K-12 classrooms, such
as this starfish dissection lab at Thornton
Academy, Harder said, “It was great to be
able to share something that interests me and
I am knowledgeable about with some of the
students. There were a number of kids who
really dove into the material, and genuinely
wanted to know about how the animal worked,
which is exciting for a person in that field.”

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