The goal of this project was to assist the Oahu Urban Garden Center (OUGC) by developing an interactive exhibit to increase visitors’ understanding of pollinator ecology and motivate them to take action in their own lives to help protect pollinators. This report discusses our development process and the resulting exhibit we created for the OUGC. The exhibit contains four aspects: the biology and importance of pollination, life cycle of bees, decline in pollinator diversity and its impact, and a call to action. We also provided the OUGC with a detailed preliminary website that can be further developed to provide more detailed information to visitors and teachers. Finally, we included recommendations for how to maintain and expand the exhibit and assess its effectiveness.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Kim, Eri
• Gassenheimer, Jacob
• Campbell, Slater
• Theofilou, Athina

Subject

• Health
• Food
• Sustainability
• Infrastructure
• Community
• Environment
• Learning
• Well-Being

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-032722-165156
• 54781

Keyword

• Pollinator Ecology
• Honey bees
• Interactive Exhibit
• Hawaii

Advisor

• Mathews, Lauren M.

Year

• 2022

Center

• Hawaii Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Oahu Urban Garden Center

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
• 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
• 13 - Climate Action

Date created

• 2022-03-27

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright