2015 construction plan: June 23, 2015 ~ Oct, 2015 for six schools
2015 planning: Working with five different stakeholder groups for each school(administrators, teachers & staff, students, parents and community members)
Next six schools for 2016 will be selected on May this year.
2016~2019 construction: Six schools a year (total 34 schools with green infrastructure at the end of 2019)
Current evaluation plan for 2014 schools: Impact to students and community on physical activity and different changes (attention and behavior) to the culture inside school. Also, stormwater monitoring.
Pre- and post-data collection from two schools among 2014 schools - 16 out of three class rooms at Morrill and 35 at Grissom for a week.
Accelerometer data before and after improving school yards
Oral and written self-report about students’ physical activity for matching accelerometer data
Community surveys about events in green infrastructure
Research design
Including impact to students in classroom when they watch green infrastructure outside
Taking into account possible components to play around (e.g., new playground, green infrastructure and garden)
Need to do preliminary study
Use of iPhone: Not allowed to bring iPhones by school policy.
Matching demographic, social economic status and school area for school selection