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This projects is about the dunes of Katwijk.
The six RRI Policy agendas described:
Ethics: because there is an ethical dilemma regarding the rise of global temperatures and the rise of sea levels, research integrity will be ensured from an academic point of view. Students and teachers will ensure that all information is objective.
Gender Equality: since the rise of global temperatures and sea levels does not take gender into consideration, the project concerns everyone living close to the sea. Also, gender equality amongst participants of the project will be ensured. Everyone is welcome, regardless their gender or sexual preference.
Governance: local governments (boswachters and Hoogheemraadschap van Rijnland - 14) will provide the participants with information needed for the project.
Open Access: will be guaranteed through licenses provided bij different platforms such as the University of Leiden.
Public engagement: since the project is in the interest of everyone living close to the sea, public engagement will be expected to thrive. External stakeholders like (local) government(s), parents, local enterprises (beach bar exploitants, expert plant shop owners etc.) neighboring schools as for national and local universities
Science Education: since Pieter Groen College is a science focussed school a couple of hundred meters away from the coast, we will be able to increase our knowledge and skills from a scientific point of view quite easily, since we have close ties with several coastal experts as for the University of Leiden.
Source picture: VOL nieuws
Feel
What are dunes? What are they made of? How are they made and preserved? What is the importance of the right sand types regarding preservationn of the dunes? Which plants, birds and other animal species are part of the ecosystem? How are they of importance for the preservations of the dunes?
Imagine
The students have to identify the importance of healthy (and clean) dunes and healthy plant and animal life in the dunes and coastal area. They have to:
- Investigate factors of dune erosion (what is the impact of dune erosion?);
- Understand factors of dune loss: beach geometry (slope and width), grain size, dune geometry (slope and elevation)
- Investigate factors that create healthy dunes: beach and dune vegetation etc;
- Investigate factors that make dunes unhealthy: storms, human activities;
- Search the internet for risk-zones of polluted areas;
- Understand occurrence and impact of storms;
- Identify the causes of animal and plant loss in dunes;
- Come up with voluntary actions for replanting new dune grass and other important plants;
Create
- Teams and roles within the project;
- Evolve the effect of human activity: describe the + and - effects of human intervention in nature;
- Identification of risk areas in the county and vulnerability factors;
- campaign about importance of healthy dunes and warn for risks;
- lessons with government officials and coastal managers about the environmental protection
- experiment with different sand types regarding dune erosion;