Making Choices with NewBrook School

 

 

 
CWDD Operations Manager Janel Roberge traveled to NewBrook School in Newfane, VT to lead 14 fifth-graders through a Stated Choice Activity on May 3, 2021. The young scientists grappled with the complex issues surrounding waterbody governance, gaining a deeper understanding of the current state of Lake Champlain and the numerous organizations invested in ensuring a clean and healthy lake.
 
Later that week, Vermont EPSCoR post-doctoral candidate Liz Doran, PhD joined the discussion to deepen the students' thinking about how decisions are made. Earlier in the year, the students had performed an exploration of a leaky faucet as part of a research unit, and Dr. Doran used that exercise to illustrate BREE research models to the classroom.