Vermont/Puerto Rico Student Exchange

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Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez (CWDD Outreach Professional) and Mike Winslow (CWDD Coordinator) with the Puerto Rico high school students before driving to Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.
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Vermont and Puerto Rico high school students gear up to snowshoe at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.
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Vermont and Puerto Rico high school students snowshoeing at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.
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From left to right: Glenda Almodovar-Morales (teacher at Specialty School Of Fine Arts Ernesto Ramos Antonini), Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez, Felix Torres Alcala (teacher at Robinson School), and Noelia Baez Rodriguez (LTER Schoolyard Program).
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Vermont and Puerto Rico high school students and teachers snowshoed to an experiment plot at Hubbard Brook to measure DBH of trees.
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High school students and teachers measure DBH at Hubbard Brook.
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From left to right: Noelia Baez Rodriguez (LTER Schoolyard Program), Meghan Wilson (teacher at Hartford High School), Felix Torres Alcala (teacher at Robinson School), Rose Trinidad (teacher at Juan Ponce de Leon High School), Mike Winslow (CWDD Coordinator), Elliot Lopez (teacher at Juan Ponce de Leon High School), and Glenda Almodovar-Morales (teacher at Specialty School Of Fine Arts Ernesto Ramos Antonini).
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Elliot and Glenda having fun with the snow.
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Puerto Rico teachers with the snowman they made at Hubbard Brook.
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Glenda, Rose, Elliot and Veronica smile after field work was completed at Hubbard Brook.
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High school students, teachers and CWDD staff having a snowball fight at Hubbard Brook.
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Snowball fight at Hubbard Brook.
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Snowball fight at Hubbard Brook.
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Snowball fight at Hubbard Brook.
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Snowball fight at Hubbard Brook.
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Students work on the data they collected in the tree plot at Hubbard Brook.
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Students learn about Hubbard Brook, and how to analyze the data they collected.
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Students work on the data they collected in the tree plot.
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Students develop hypothesis to test using the data collected at Hubbard Brook.
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Students work with teachers to develop hypothesis to test using the data collected at Hubbard Brook.
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Students work with teachers to develop hypothesis to test using the data collected at Hubbard Brook.
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Whiteboard showing the research question and hypothesis developed by a group of high school students.
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Students present a skit they prepared using 5 objects provided.
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Puerto Rico teachers present the skit they prepared.
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Students learn how to measure snow depth.
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A student learns how to measure snow water equivalent from Meghan Wilson.
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Snowman made by the high school students.
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Puerto Rico high school students receive their certificates for participating in the Vermont-Puerto Rico Exchange. On the left is Meghan Wilson, teacher at Hartford High School.
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Puerto Rico high school teachers show their certificates for participating in the Vermont-Puerto Rico Exchange.
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Vermont high school students receive their certificates for participating in the Vermont-Puerto Rico Exchange.
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Puerto Rico and Vermont students at Hartford High School.

The Vermont/Puerto Rico Student Exchange was coordinated by Meghan Wilson (Hartford High School science teacher) and Noelia Báez Rodríguez (Luquillo Long Term Ecological Research Schoolyard Program Coordinator). Teachers and students from three Puerto Rico high schools (Robinson, Juan Ponce de Leon and Specialty School of Fine Arts Ernesto Ramos Antonini) and one Vermont high school (Hartford) participated in the Exchange.

Puerto Rico high school students arrived in Vermont on Friday March 24th, spent Saturday and Sunday at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest doing field work, Monday at Hartford High School attending classes with other exchange students. On Tuesday, they presented the results of the research they carried out since the summer of 2016. As part of the Exchange, Vermont high school students visited Puerto Rico in the spring of 2016. The teams saw each other again during the summer of 2016 High School training week at Saint Michaels College.

Vermont/Puerto Rico Student Exchange

Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez (CWDD Outreach Professional) and Mike Winslow (CWDD Coordinator) with the Puerto Rico high school students before driving to Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.

Vermont and Puerto Rico high school students gear up to snowshoe at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.

Vermont and Puerto Rico high school students snowshoeing at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest.

From left to right: Glenda Almodovar-Morales (teacher at Specialty School Of Fine Arts Ernesto Ramos Antonini), Veronica Sosa-Gonzalez, Felix Torres Alcala (teacher at Robinson School), and Noelia Baez Rodriguez (LTER Schoolyard Program).

Vermont and Puerto Rico high school students and teachers snowshoed to an experiment plot at Hubbard Brook to measure DBH of trees.

High school students and teachers measure DBH at Hubbard Brook.

Elliot and Glenda having fun with the snow.

Puerto Rico teachers with the snowman they made at Hubbard Brook.

Glenda, Rose, Elliot and Veronica smile after field work was completed at Hubbard Brook.

High school students, teachers and CWDD staff having a snowball fight at Hubbard Brook.

Snowball fight at Hubbard Brook.

Snowball fight at Hubbard Brook.

Snowball fight at Hubbard Brook.

Snowball fight at Hubbard Brook.

Students work on the data they collected in the tree plot at Hubbard Brook.

Students learn about Hubbard Brook, and how to analyze the data they collected.

Students work on the data they collected in the tree plot.

Students develop hypothesis to test using the data collected at Hubbard Brook.

Students work with teachers to develop hypothesis to test using the data collected at Hubbard Brook.

Students work with teachers to develop hypothesis to test using the data collected at Hubbard Brook.

Whiteboard showing the research question and hypothesis developed by a group of high school students.

Students present a skit they prepared using 5 objects provided.

Puerto Rico teachers present the skit they prepared.

Students learn how to measure snow depth.

A student learns how to measure snow water equivalent from Meghan Wilson.

Snowman made by the high school students.

Puerto Rico high school students receive their certificates for participating in the Vermont-Puerto Rico Exchange. On the left is Meghan Wilson, teacher at Hartford High School.

Puerto Rico high school teachers show their certificates for participating in the Vermont-Puerto Rico Exchange.

Vermont high school students receive their certificates for participating in the Vermont-Puerto Rico Exchange.

Puerto Rico and Vermont students at Hartford High School.

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Website Funding provided by Grant: NSF OIA 1556770