The final project of the school year will have the students create some form of presentation about what they learned for the purpose of teaching people in the community about different aspects of environmental protection. Additionally, this lesson will include a final exam that will measure what the students learned while also giving them an opportunity to write about how their views of the world might have changed during the year. This lesson will parallel the final lesson in the science curricula.

Goals

1. Students will become involved in their community by sharing what they learned in Project Niu through, teaching them the importance of community outreach activities
2. Students will develop their teamwork skills by working on a large project that involves significant planning
3. The impact of Project Niu on the students, both academically and in their views of environmental stewardship, will be assessed for improving the program in the future

Objectives

1. Students will work as part of a group to create a final multimedia project that highlights a particular area of the work they did in Project Niu (such as marine debris, renewable energy, ocean currents, etc.).
2. Students will utilize multimedia authoring skills they have and/or learn new ones to create communicate their message to the community; physical displays rather than virtual ones can also be created, though significant use of computer resources should be leveraged in the construction and/or design.
3. Students will take a final exam(s) that will assess what they learned about environmental stewardship and how/if their views have changed.
4. Students will write a personal statement in which they make commitments about actions they will take in their lives to reduce their own impact on the environment and educate others about what they learned.