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Nancy M. Trautmann
Senior Extension Associate

100 Rice Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Ph: 607-255-9257
Fx: 607-255-0238
e.mail: nmt2@cornell.edu
environmental inquiry website
cornell science inquiry partnerships website
Nancy M. Trautmann

Ph.D. - Cornell University - 2006
M.S. - Cornell University - 1980
B.A. - Hampshire College - 1975

Nancy Trautmann joined the Department of Natural Resources in 2003 after two decades with Cornell's Center for the Environment. She leads Environmental Inquiry (http://ei.cornell.edu) and Cornell Science Inquiry Partnerships (http://csip.cornell.edu), which aim to enrich high school and middle school science by engaging students in authentic scientific research.

Research

Her interests focus on: (1) developing and assessing techniques for engaging students and teachers in scientific investigations and other forms of inquiry-based learning, (2) supporting effective university science outreach, and (3) exploring potential roles of the Internet in supporting collaborative learning among student scientists.

Selected Publications  

  • Trautmann, N.M. 2007. Interactive learning through web-mediated peer review of student science reports. Educational Technology Research & Development (prepublished online: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11423-007-9077-y).
  • Trautmann, N.M. 2005. The Dose Makes the Poison – Or Does It? ActionBioscience.org: http://www.actionbioscience.org/environment/trautmann.html

  • Carlsen, W.S., N.M. Trautmann, C.M. Cunningham, and M.E. Krasny. 2004. Watershed Dynamics. Student Edition and Teacher’s Guide. Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.

  • Trautmann, N.M., M.E. Krasny, W.S. Carlsen, and C.M. Cunningham. 2003. Decay and Renewal. Student Edition and Teacher’s Guide. Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.

  • Trautmann, N.M., W.S. Carlsen, C. J. Eick, F. E. Gardner, Jr., L. Kenyon, H. Moscovici, J.C. Moore, M. Thomson, and S.S. West. 2003. Online peer review: Learning science as it’s practiced. Journal of College Science Teaching 32 (7): 443-447.

  • Trautmann, N.M. 2003. University/School Partnerships: What Do University Scientists Have to Offer to K-12 Schools? The Volunteer Monitor. The National Newsletter of Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring 15 (1): 12-13.

  • Krasny, M.E., N.M. Trautmann, W.S. Carlsen, and C.M. Cunningham. 2002. Invasion Ecology. Student Edition and Teacher’s Guide. Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.

  • Trautmann, N.M., W.S. Carlsen, M.E. Krasny, and C.M. Cunningham. 2001. Assessing Toxic Risk. Student Edition and Teachers’ Guide. Cornell Scientific Inquiry Series. Arlington, VA: NSTA Press.

  • Trautmann, N.M. W.S. Carlsen, M.E. Krasny, and C.M. Cunningham. 2000. Integrated inquiry. The Science Teacher. 67(6): 52-55.

  • Trautmann, N.M. and J. Terry. 1999. In Touch Science: Chemistry and the Environment. Ithaca, NY: Cornell Media Services.

  • Trautmann, N.M. and M.E. Krasny. 1998. Composting in the Classroom. Dubuque, IA: Kendall/Hunt. Available as free download.