In collaboration with Puerto Rico Sea Grant (PRSG) CARICOOS has developed a “Waves Workshop” focused on educating K12 students and teachers on wave concepts and terminology. Sea Grant curriculum specialist, Delmis Alicea, PhD., has been advising CARICOOS staff on the importance of educational strategies and of assessing the learning progress following the Department of Education standards. The workshop includes oral presentations, interactive activities as well as a pre and post-tests. As part of the interactive activities, students have the opportunity to explore the CARICOOS website, specifically Breaker Heights Forecasts and Pa’ la Playa (beach app) and complete several exercises.
On October 22, 2019, Mr. Adolfo González carried out the first workshop and also tested the tool (pre and post-test) with 34 students of the Bernardino Cordero Bernard High School in Ponce. The test results indicated that after participating in the workshop the students were able to understand wave’s concepts and learned the correct use of wave data and other products within the portal.
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CARICOOS expects to continue implementing this and analogous workshop on other topics, such as wind and currents, among others.