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Pelican Island Audubon Society <br />AUDUBON ADVOCATES <br />Grant: $25,000 <br />Funds Used: $24,728 <br />Total Children Served: 116 Cost per child: $213.17 <br />Focus Area: After School and Summer Recreational! Activities and Academic Enrichment <br />Taxonomy Number: B04.03 Afterschool Enrichment; CO2 Environmental Education <br />Program Description: Our after-school program for 5th graders is conducted at Audubon House and Oslo <br />Riverfront Conservation Area (ORCA). The Nature Club program for 6 -8th graders is conducted from Audubon <br />House during one Saturday a month. The 6 -8th graders are interested in learning about different science -based <br />adventures, leadership skills, advocacy, and were first selected from our Audubon Advocate graduates and <br />underserved students of IRC. All participants focus on conservation clean-up at county parks and/or on a spoil <br />island, as well as visits to local, county and state sites, and continue to learn about the diverse habitats of Indian <br />River County. Several parents of these adventure/nature club students have asked to join the field trips and <br />have brought along other siblings. <br />Audubon Advocate Program is designed to: increase knowledge and interest in science, measured by pre and <br />post questionnaires with the focus on the required science vocabulary that coincided with the school <br />curriculum. We look to measurable gains in math and science scores for the four student groups and a key in <br />this is their understanding of science vocabulary. <br />Several students and their families came on weekends for further outdoor enjoyment and experiences, and all <br />Audubon Advocate families receive a one-year free membership to Pelican Island Audubon Society. They receive <br />the monthly newsletter with listings of free environmentally themed community wide topics, monthly <br />membership meetings, 50 field trips, movies, and other special events. The students' observation skills are <br />increased as the weeks continue, by being able to write in their journals differences in their surroundings <br />following their scheduled lessons, this continues to be an ongoing struggle to make adequate time for this <br />component. Some of the teachers are better prepared to assist with this skill. <br />Collaboration: IR Lagoon Council, IR County School District, Indian River County Public Works, Indian River <br />County Stormwater Division, Florida Medical Entomology Laboratory -University of Florida, Hope for Families, <br />PIAS Board Members. <br />GOALS/OUTCOMES REPORT <br />Outcome #1: Continue our after-school science program for 5th graders: Maintain 5th grade student <br />participation in our free accessible after-school science exploration program (target: 52 fifth grade students, 4 <br />schools, 14 weeks). <br />Result: Audubon Advocates had a successful Fall 2019 semester with 48 of the 52 (92%) students from four <br />different south county elementary schools completing the program. Spring 2020 semester had 50 of the 52 <br />students actively participating in the program when it ended abruptly. <br />Latest scores for the August -December 2019, semester showed an increase in student pre and post course test <br />scores, from 70.5%- 95.75% for the four schools combined. Below is the breakdown per school. 139 <br />