2023-2024
The Bisbee Science Lab is a non-profit organization that creates opportunities for the development of scientific literacy and innovative solutions in order to build resiliency in Bisbee, AZ - a rural borderland community. The Bisbee Science Center, in conjunction with Bisbee Unified School District, Copper Queen Library, and the city of Bisbee, are working to redesign the 8 acre back yard of their property into a versatile public space. This is the project Liverman Scholars were recruited to help with. While right now the land is fairly barren, they have been working hard to create property plans and schematic designs with are nearing completion.
One of the goals of the Bisbee Science Lab backyard is to provide a public, educational outdoor space for families to play, learn, explore, and grow together. Their goal is to have the backyard open to the public even when the Bisbee Science Lab is closed, and with that they needed to ensure they have structures in place for visitors to safely engage with the property while staff isn't present. This led to the 2023-2024 Diana Liverman Scholars creating a virtual interactive map featuring information about the different proposed stations in the back yard including composting sites, the ampitheater, native plants, research sites, and more.