Amy's Work in the Media

A month after the University of Maryland’s Commencement exercises, two more terrapins took their first steps into the real world this week. Tess and Tudo, 9-month-old hatchlings raised in the College of Education, crawled down the wet sand of Poplar Island into the brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay on Tuesday, cheered on by a crowd of eager Terps.

Two diamondback terrapin hatchlings, Artemis and Athena, visited a University of Maryland climate science education course Thursday where students learned about the human-accelerated effects of climate change by interacting with the terrapins. The class, Decolonizing Climate Change Education: Fostering Inclusivity, Equity, and Holistic Understandings, explores how climate science is taught in K-12 schools, according to Amy Green, the course’s professor. The hatchlings’ visit gave students experience with the species and was a way to increase their interest in conservation and sustainability, the assistant clinical education professor said.

College of Education’s Diamondback Terrapin Hatchlings Bring Science, Math and History to Life