Campus as a Living Laboratory for Green Stormwater Infrastructure
Grant
Overview
abstract
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A campus living laboratory uses campus grounds and the surrounding community as teaching tools, which enables students to link theoretical concepts to real-world scenarios. Hands-on experiential learning not only facilitates a personal connection to the curriculum, but also enables the development of "soft skills", including collaboration and critical thinking. We, faculty in environmental engineering and environmental health sciences, propose to implement student experiential learning and professional development opportunities in our courses by leveraging existing campus and city green stormwater infrastructure (GSI). Undergraduate and graduate students from our Colleges will collect, analyze, and interpret water quality and quantity data from local stormwater wetlands, bioretention areas, and other GSI installations.
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A campus living laboratory uses campus grounds and the surrounding community as teaching tools, which enables students to link theoretical concepts to real-world scenarios. Hands-on experiential learning not only facilitates a personal connection to the curriculum, but also enables the development of "soft skills", including collaboration and critical thinking. We, faculty in environmental engineering and environmental health sciences, propose to implement student experiential learning and professional development opportunities in our courses by leveraging existing campus and city green stormwater infrastructure (GSI). Undergraduate and graduate students from our Colleges will collect, analyze, and interpret water quality and quantity data from local stormwater wetlands, bioretention areas, and other GSI installations. Students will engage with ECU Facilities staff, produce a report and series of educational videos sharing their findings, and contribute to a virtual GSI tour that can be used by students and the community.
date/time interval
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February 2020 - March 2021
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