Small islands like the island of Puerto Rico are susceptible to the negative effects of anthropogenic climate change. Because of this, it is important that climate change education is developed and implemented on the island so that the population, especially its youth, can - adequately adapt to climate change. The goal of this project was to develop effective lessons that could be used to teach middle school students in Río Grande, Puerto Rico about the effects of climate change. These lessons provided evidence and examples of climate change in Puerto Rico. We used interviews to determine what material to incorporate into our lessons and how to best deliver it. To analyze the effectiveness of our lessons we tested our lesson on a 9th grade class. Statistical analysis showed a significant increase in understanding climate change based on the information in the lessons. We revised the lessons and developed supplemental lesson outlines to deepen student understanding of climate change topics. These outlines should be further developed and tested to encourage climate change education in Puerto Rico.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Gagliano, Michael Anthony
• Raymond, Emma Susan
• Cloutier, Princesa Mercedes

Subject

• Learning
• Environment
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121814-195011

Keyword

• Education, Elementary
• Climatic changes

Advisor

• Ranalli, Tina-Marie
• Mathews, Lauren M.

Year

• 2014

Center

• San Juan, Puerto Rico Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Rios, Pedro
• United States Forest Service

Date created

• 2014-12-18

Location

• Río Grande

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright