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</a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__body"> <div class="card__content"><p><span><span><span><span>YingYing is a postdoctoral fellowship working at the Groundwater Geochemistry and Remediation Group in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo, and is a volunteer at The Groundwater Project!</span></span></span></span></p></div> </div> </article> <article class="card card__teaser card__teaser--news-item card--show-hover"> <div class="card__image"> <a href="/earth-sciences-museum/news/quinn-worthington-wins-amit-and-meena-chakma-award"> <img src="/earth-sciences-museum/sites/default/files/styles/uw_is_media_small/public/uploads/images/img_4823.jpeg?itok=EmTVYSj0" alt="Quinn Worthington " /> </a> </div> <div class="card__header "> <div class="card__date"> <span class="uw-date"> Wednesday, March 24, 2021 </span> </div> <h2 class="card__title"> <a href="/earth-sciences-museum/news/quinn-worthington-wins-amit-and-meena-chakma-award"> Quinn Worthington Wins Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__body"> <div class="card__content"><p>Congratulations to聽our very own聽<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/quinn-worthington-recipient-amit-and-meena-chakma-award">Quinn Worthington聽on聽receiving聽the Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student</a>!聽This award is given to a student who is considered to have intellectual vigor and communication skills in the interpretation and presentation of subject matter, as well as concern and sensitivity to the academic need of the students.</p></div> </div> </article> <article class="card card__teaser card__teaser--news-item card--show-hover"> <div class="card__image"> <a href="/earth-sciences-museum/news/explore-water-cycle-wally-and-deanna"> <img src="/earth-sciences-museum/sites/default/files/styles/uw_is_media_small/public/uploads/images/screen_shot_2020-12-10_at_12.44.36_pm.png?itok=mDwJ1gaF" alt="Wally the Worm and Deanna Waterdroplet" /> </a> </div> <div class="card__header "> <div class="card__date"> <span class="uw-date"> Thursday, December 10, 2020 </span> </div> <h2 class="card__title"> <a href="/earth-sciences-museum/news/explore-water-cycle-wally-and-deanna"> Explore the Water Cycle with Wally and Deanna </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__body"> <div class="card__content"><p>You can now watch and listen to聽Wally and Deanna's water cycle adventure online! Follow Wally the Worm and Deanna Waterdroplet as they travel to the saturated zone and further.</p> <p>Wally and Deanna use accurate terminology to describe their journey and explain how water droplets, like Deanna, travel from the sky to the ground, to an aquifer, to rivers and back up to the sky. This book and our new video are the perfect introduction for young聽children to the water cycle!聽</p></div> </div> </article> <div class="uw-multi-type-list__button"> <a class="button " href="/earth-sciences-museum/news" > Read all news </a> </div> </div> <h2 class="hide-js"> Events</h2> <div id="Events" class="uw-tabcontent" role="tabpanel" tabindex="0" aria-labelledby="tab-2" hidden > <article class="card card__teaser card__teaser--event card--show-hover"> <div class="card__image"> <a href="/earth-sciences-museum/events/cancelled-family-day-2025-earth-sciences-museum-due-weather"> <img src="/earth-sciences-museum/sites/default/files/styles/uw_is_media_medium/public/uploads/images/family-day-16x9.jpg?itok=zidlFfPP" alt="Girl looking into microscope" /> </a> </div> <div class="card__header "> <div class="card__date"> <span class="uw-date"> Monday, February 17, 2025 10:00 am - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) </span> </div> <h2 class="card__title"> <a href="/earth-sciences-museum/events/cancelled-family-day-2025-earth-sciences-museum-due-weather"> CANCELLED Family Day 2025 at the Earth Sciences Museum due to weather conditions </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__body"> <div class="card__content"><p>Explore the Earth Sciences Museum on Family Day!</p> <p>Our Dinosaur Pit will be open to explore and a variety of activities will be available to complete with your whole family! Hands-on activities include:</p> <ul><li>The Rock聽Cycle Game</li> <li>Let's Talk Science</li> <li>The Great Lakes</li> <li>Microplastics</li> <li>I Dig Fossil Fish</li> <li>And More!</li> </ul><p>Parking in UWaterloo lots will be free on Family Day. We recommend Lot Q. 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