So my name is Samantha Harden and I am a junior in the Environmental Science and Policy major. And my project is for a program for grades K through 12 to implement environmental science into their curriculum. Hey, Sam, I'm sorry to interrupt. Could you just speak a little bit louder? Yes, I can. Okay. So the statement of need is to enhance interest in science education by exposing students to new learning resources. And we also need early exposure to environmental education. A platform that length teachers with college professors, where the teachers can request presentations on various subjects recording environmental science education. So the outcomes would be increased awareness on environmental issues. Students would learn critical thinking when it comes to the environment, enhance problem-solving and decision-making skills. And then there'll be access to a program where I teach figures can integrate Environmental Science in room. And this program will also connect teachers and college professors so that they may work together in future or in the future, or also help with future student enrollment. So my partner's Dr. Rob Sanford and I were talking about this project and we would be Kopi eyes on it. And Dr. Sanford was also telling me that he has kind of done a test run with this, where he did a guest lecture on college expectations for science, writing, and math for entering college freshmen. And that was with a PowerPoint presentation via Zoom. And then he also told me that he will be doing a presentation on biomimicry next week in a same kind of PowerPoint presentation, zoom way in. And there'll also be School surrounding us, them, such as the schools and Portland, Gorham, and then Lewiston, an Auburn. And then there would also be faculty involved in this and they would be preparing guest lectures and materials to be presented in classrooms or virtually to classrooms. So the project strategy would be to reach out to all the faculty members that would be involved and make sure that they have proper material prepared to present. Be reaching out to teachers was interested in utilizing this program. And then they would also need to be a platform developed where the teachers can request guest presentations. And this would most likely be in the form of a website, which we wouldn't need it technical expertise to help make this program the most efficient and can be. The implementation plan would be to communicate with the involved faculty to make sure they have prepared presentations and materials and that they are equipped with the resources to give at least one presentation per week. And then once the platform is up and running, information regarding instructions and the benefits of the program will be communicated to all the parties involved. And after the first successful year, hopefully we could expand to schools and the University of Maine system and then the surrounding school districts. And then if all goes well, and after the second successful year, expand the program too. Schools in New England and then hopefully nationwide, but that would also require further funding. And then for project management, I will be monitoring the success of the program by reaching out to everyone involved to see how the experience went. And then management regarding the expansion will be necessary and communication with the humane school systems in their surrounding school districts will be required. And the same thing will be required of the other areas if we are able to expand and the evaluation. So the benefits from learning about environmental science early on will give students the chance to enhance their science education background. Just students start thinking about the environment in new ways. It is more likely that they will have the mindset to protect and improve environmental quality, whether it be in their professional careers or just in their everyday lives. Thank you. Question, Sam, what's your budget items for that? And how do you relate them to your activities? So the budget I came up with about 15 thousand, which would be for the project manager. And then paying the faculty involved a $100 stipend. And man, I'm not exactly sure how much it costs to start a website and keep that running back. I reached out to cam from the tech department at school and asked him a little bit about that. So I'm waiting to hear back from him on that. And then I also set aside, I think it was $3 thousand if anything went wrong or if we added more faculty because I would start with 20 faculty, which I think is what we had discussed. Okay? The, the one per week might be okay when morale home bound, but you'd probably want to be something more like people would agree to do at least one per semester. One person asked there Sorry, I have to move back to my dad. Hey Sam, it's Richard. I'm curious to get. Or I think through the way in which you tell the story about what you're proposing. I would be curious to get a little bit more thinking and storytelling around why you chose the model that you chose in particular for the delivery of education. I think the intent to sort of educate youth of tomorrow as a way to sort of change thinking in this space is absolutely right. But since we've moved online, I have spent more of my consulting practice meeting with people one-on-one and coaching them. So even though I've developed some talks around here, is how you can be effective at teaching online. Most of the people who are coming to me and asking questions don't wanna watch a talk on teaching online. They'd rather have me coach them through the process. I'm finding there is more of this individual coaching that it's in demand. And so it would be helpful, I think, to know from your perspective about this sort of thinking about the bass model that you're developing and why you think it's the right path to go. Because I, I think there's some interesting questions related to market feasibility that would be, I would be intrigued to have answered like, is the modality going to work for the people that you'd like it to work for. Like will the intended audience go? Yup. This is the way in which I'd like to consume the information to be effective at helping with the overall goal of what you're seeking funds for. So so anyway, I just offer that as advice to sort of make the, the rationale for why you've chosen the path that you've chosen. Clear. Really clear. Okay. Okay. Great. Thank you. Yeah, I would definitely add that n. Okay. Samantha, This is a really good start. I think a couple of just kind of mechanical things about your proposal. And they came out a little bit more in the again, in the presentation. But, you know, a couple of references in your Statement of Need would go I think a long way with your proposal. Elsa, think a timeline would be pretty helpful. And then also just I think in terms of your evaluation, your evaluation slide here and in your narrative was kind of conceptual. And I think it would help you to kind of concretely about what it is that you want to demonstrate at the end of this project, like what percentage of young people will be, I don't know, inspired by this program or something. Some kind of attitudinal or behavioral chain you expect to see from students or for that matter, from faculty that are participating in something that you can easily quantify and kind of show a baseline and maybe a after the fact, but nicely done. Thank you. Yes. I think you're absolutely right agreeing with those. Sam, you want to put in a plan to present this, like maybe at Main Science Teachers Association. And that can be a budget item as well. To cover that, your assessment could be surveys, teachers, students, participants. Also, since Main, since Usain has a school of education, those folks might be able to help with that. And you want to make sure that the, that folks now that these are live interactive presentation. So it's not just somebody passively watching a presentation, but the faculty with expertise. And that will come in and present this to students, to teachers, virtual classrooms. Okay.