Empowering Young Students to Address Climate Change and Protect the Environment with Student-Driven Research Projects
Across the U.S., public school teachers devote a certain amount of their time to teaching about climate change in their classrooms. However, lectures alone are not enough to motivate students to address climate change. So how do we get students to actually be involved in protecting the environment? One of the most effective ways is to have these young learners participate in student-driven research projects.
What is a Student-Driven Research Project?
Student-driven research projects are projects directed by students in a field of their interest. Here at Harmony Plus, we utilize connections in Silicon Valley and beyond to allow students to receive advice from top scholars in those fields. Integrating this collaborative and experiential learning approach to student’s experience does far more than harness their energies for the implementation of a global catalog of climate projects. This way, students can develop a deeper understanding of the numerous ways human action can help sustain a planet in balance as well as build the civic…
