This project provides funding to manhattan college to implement its project, which will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques, that will serve…

This project provides funding to manhattan college to implement its project, which will design, demonstrate, and disseminate environmental education practices, methods, and techniques, that will serve to increase environmental literacy and encourage behavior that will benefit the environment in the bronx and westchester county areas in new york. The recipient, manhattan college, will do this by increasing teachers', students' and community residents' environmental literacy on water quality issues affecting local watersheds through their living shorelines, living classrooms, living communities program. Manhattan college will use classroom lessons, hands on activities and field trips to educate teachers, students and local community residents about how storm water impacts water quality in urban watersheds and how to become stewards of their watershed in their community. Activities:this project will increase public awareness and knowledge about environmental issues in the bronx and westchester county, new york and provide teachers, students and community residents the skills necessary to make informed decisions as well as take responsible actions. Activities to be performed during this project period include: developing a lesson plan to conduct classroom activities for teachers and students, recruit community residents to assist with installation and monitoring of the living shoreline at local watersheds, and conduct water sampling at local watersheds.subrecipient:the recipient intends to issue subawards as required under the national environmental education act. The subawardees will coordinate project activities, assist with recruiting community residents and student to participate in the program, assist with organizing fields trips and installation and monitoring of living shoreline.outcomes:IT is anticipated that this project will result in the following deliverables and expected outcomes: 12 teachers to be provided with tools to increase hands-on environmental education practices into their teaching; 160 school-aged students will be empowered to think critically and develop innovative solution to urban water pollution issues; increase community awareness of the project; and to recruit 20 community residents to assist with the installation and monitoring of the living shoreline. Direct beneficiaries of this program include teachers, students and community members located in the bronx and westchester county, new york.