It is the goal of Tufts EWB Local Outreach to assist students and teachers with their science curriculums. Students often have difficulties connecting what they learn in their science lessons to real world applications. We are trying to bridge that gap with hands on experiments and teaching the students about our efforts for promoting sustainable technologies abroad. We have developed a partnership with a Spanish-English bilingual third and fourth grade classroom that we visit on a weekly basis. Activities and experiments performed with the children include lessons on water conservation, water filtration, renewable resources (i.e. water, bio-gas, and sunlight), light, and sound. A pen pal exchange was also established between the students here in Massachusetts and the communities Tufts EWB works with in El Salvador and Ecuador.
If you would like to get involved with EWB and the community please contact our Local Initiative Liason: Nathan Ladd
