This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) provides $703,675 to the Ripple Effect Water Literacy Project in New Orleans, Louisiana to develop and study a justice-centered water literacy curriculum for grades 3-8. Over 4 years, the project will engage approximately 16 teachers and 640 students from public charter schools to build relationships between communities and schools, and explore the justice dimensions of environmental water issues. The team will work with a steering committee of local water-focused community leaders to create curriculum units and professional development tools that amplify the community's experiential and historical knowledge as central to science learning. This award reflects NSF's commitment to support research and practice projects that investigate how considerations of racial equity can improve STEM education and workforce development.
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