Good Stewards of the Environment Program

The Good Stewards of the Environment Program is a year-round program that provides Hispanic students in seventh through ninth grades the opportunity to explore science as a career through the investigation of current negative impacts on our environment. The goals of the program are to excite students about science, to teach them the process of scientific investigation through research, experimentation, and discussion of current environmental issues, and to show them the possibilities in science as a career.

During the project, students will make observations and conduct experiments in the field. For example, through our partnership with the North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation, students explore lake food webs at Jordan Lake State Recreation area to understand their role in ensuring healthy waters, learn how good land management is important to restore and conserve water quality, and discover how the abiotic factors of an ecosystem effect the biotic factors through guided hikes and canoe trips. Students will interact with scientists and engineers at the Environmental Protection Agency that has opened their eyes to possible careers in the science fields. At the end of the program, students have an opportunity to share their knowledge with their peers as true scientists through an awareness campaign poster session at the annual NCSHP Hispanic Student Education Summit.

Year-round program

Seventh through ninth grade Hispanic students in Wake County, Durham County, Orange County, Johnston County, or Chatham County

Ana Maria Rodriguez-Bolchalk
Good Stewards of the Environment
Program Director 
North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals (NCSHP)
8450 Chapel Hill Road
Suite 209
Cary, NC 27513

Phone: 919/337-5023

 http://www.thencshp.org/resources/students/stewards_of_the_environment.shtml