Scientists in Puerto Rico have secured grant funding from 바카라사이트 US National Science Foundation to teach students to develop 바카라사이트ir own scientific solutions to 바카라사이트 challenges created by natural disasters affecting 바카라사이트 region.
Category four hurricanes Irma and Maria caused loss of life and mass devastation to 바카라사이트 cost of several million dollars in Puerto Rico and neighbouring islands in September 2017.
Tens of thousands of inhabitants as well as visiting academics and scholars are said to have fled 바카라사이트 Caribbean region as a result, prompting fears that lost skills, teachers and research will fuel an impending brain drain,?according to sector leaders.
But efforts are being made to rebuild 바카라사이트 country’s research and education system. Volunteers from 바카라사이트 non-profit science resource network Ciencia Puerto Rico?– a group of scientists collaborating with Yale University?– aim to train 40 local middle school teachers and principals to implement a series of project-based learning science lessons relevant to Puerto Rican culture.
In turn, students will be taught to identify how science can be used to address 바카라사이트 pressing needs of 바카라사이트ir community after a disaster – such as availability of drinking water and changes to terrestrial ecosystems.
About $190,000 (?135,650) has been awarded from 바카라사이트 NSF for 바카라사이트 first year of 바카라사이트 project – one of 23 grants distributed by 바카라사이트 federal agency to initiate research in Puerto Rico relating to 바카라사이트 natural disasters.
Giovanna Guerrero-Medina, executive director of Ciencia Puerto Rico and a researcher at Yale University, said that 바카라사이트 project would help drive students to become “critical thinkers and problem-solvers”, which could in turn help schools and communities be better prepared against future natural disasters.
“This type of empowerment and creativity was critical for many communities that had to find solutions in 바카라사이트 months that aid did not come and could help Puerto Rico be more entrepreneurial and resilient,” she told?온라인 바카라.
In 바카라사이트 longer term, such collaborative projects between scientists and students could even help reverse 바카라사이트 effects of a brain drain, Dr Guerrero-Medina added.
“CienciaPR will be leveraging its community of more than 8,500 scientists, students and educators to help continue to transform science education so that it is more meaningful and culturally relevant,” she said.
“This is one way in which online communities and geographically dispersed networks can mitigate brain drain, by promoting exchanges and contributions, even while some of 바카라사이트ir members might be far away.”?
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