THE PROBLEM AREA

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has shifted public, in-person elementary school classrooms to an online format, thus rendering traditional-based classroom work useless. This is especially concerning around the already unrequired science curriculum in the U.S. The increasing disengagement yet increasing comfortability of low-quality online teaching lowers students’ overall academic capability compared to previous generations. These contexts pose a risk when it comes to how equipped the future generations will be when understanding and handling the fast approaching catastrophic effects from past poor environmental decisions.

OUR MISSION

The Sprout team aims to provide a solution to encourage elementary school teachers for grades 1-3 to incorporate environmental education in their classrooms. Teachers will find that our gamified approach to increasing environmental awareness, more namely agricultural awareness, references english language arts (ELA) common core standards and next generation science standards for elementary school students grades 1-3. This interactive approach to storytelling will ultimately fulfill our mission to increase environmental awareness in elementary school classrooms while furthering the development of students’ reading capabilities.

PROJECT STATUS

University of Washington Information School Capstone project for Winter and Spring 2022.

In late May 2022, development will cease and a copy of our repository will be made for any future capstone group, should they choose to take on our project for further development.