This project raised wetland conservation awareness through the development and implementation of an interactive and hands-on educational program for students from nine schools in Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay. The program included in-class presentations and a wetland workshop that provided more than 50 students hands-on experience with their local wetlands. The team delivered recommendations to the project collaborators: Benjamín Aceval schools and the local conservation group, Karugua Ha’e Tekove. The recommendations suggest that (1) Karugua Ha’e Tekove take over the educational program, (2) there be semi-annual workshops and/or science fairs for the students, (3) there be a guidebook dedicated to the wetlands and area of Benjamín Aceval, and (4) the program be extended to the Qom communities.

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Creator

• Zarate, Christine M.
• Farias, Nicolas Lucena
• Claus, Colin Thomas

Subject

• Water
• Environment
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050118-164202

Keyword

• Curriculum planning
• Interdisciplinary approach in education
• Indigenous peoples
• Habitat conservation

Advisor

• Wolf, Dorothy
• Traver, Robert W.

Year

• 2018

Center

• Asunción, Paraguay Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Fundacion Paraguay
• Burt, Martin

Date created

• 2018-05-01

Location

• Asunción

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright