The Billion Oyster Project and Curriculum and Community Enterprise for Restoration Science Curriculum: The Digital Platform and Student Symposium Presentations

The Billion Oyster Project and Curriculum Community Enterprise for the Restoration of New York Harbor (BOP-CCERS) program is a National Science Foundation (NSF) supported initiative collaboration multiple institutions organizations led by Pace University in with City Public Schools. This large-scale project, Innovative Technology Experiences Students Teachers (ITEST), generated large amount data through programming that engaged both teachers students. article presents third part to study focus on Digital Platform results from student Symposium presentations. Part 1 focused Underrepresented Minority (URM) interest STEM as motivated original project. 2 URM engagement support students teaching science experiential learning lessons connect real world, particularly Harbor. Moreover, second teacher program, what researchers had learned process. aspect study, primary this paper, found additional positive cited using after project outcomes