Good Parasites?
This week I had the opportunity to do a Skype call with the Skype A Scientist organization. This organization matches up scientists of all types with classrooms who are interested in the type of work they do. It was a 30-45 minute call where I spoke with a 3rd grade class in Maryland and was able to give an explanation about my research and the work I do, and then the rest of the time was spent answering questions asked by the kids. I was sent a list of questions by the teacher that they had come up with and then more questions came up as we talked about my work---parasites! Cotylurus spp. Photo by Jacob Shurba, not for reuse When I initially received the email with the questions, I have to admit I was prepared for the generic questions from younger kids about wildlife and parasites, I was also prepared for silly questions because kids always have an awesome sense of humor. Rather, what I found was a list of incredibly well thought out questions that really made me