Environmental Education

Establishment of a Jost van Dyke Community Education and Outreach Programme is
one of the key requirements of this project and includes:

1. Community meetings and school presentations to discuss the Environmental Profile
ensure understanding of Profile findings, and provide opportunities for community
response and civic action;
2. An overview booklet summarizing the Environmental Profile in a format appropriate
to a non-technical audience;
3. A bimonthly newsletter intended to help communicate the progress and findings of
the project to residents of Jost van Dyke and other identified stakeholders;
4.  Preparation of other information and education materials growing out of the project
for distribution to the wider news media in the British Virgin Islands;
5.  A website initially focused on the project, project activities and on the biodiversity
of Jost van Dyke and its “out-islands”, but which will expand and develop to meet the
needs of the project and the community;
6.  An on-island Environmental Information Centre (open to the public) located at the
Jost van Dyke Preservation Society headquarters at Great Harbour, Jost van Dyke.

As the project develops the Jost van Dyke Preservation Society will be preparing
educational materials aimed at helping us to achieve the objectives of the project.  
These materials will be made available on this website for anyone who may wish to use
it.  Use of the material is free, but we do request that the source be acknowledged.  
Our educational materials are specifically targeted at the persons currently living in the
Jost van Dyke community as we focus on the environmental, historical and other
resources currently found on Jost van Dyke and the surrounding Cays.  These
materials should be simple to adapt to your particular situation.  If you require any
further assistance, feel free to contact us at projco@jvdps.org.

Classroom Materials

The following materials were designed and used at the Jost van Dyke Primary School.  
As time progresses, the materials available here will grow for use in any classroom.  
All items are in PDF format.

Introduction to Living Things - what makes living things special? Classroom and
outdoor exercise.

Using Microscopes for Examining Plant and Animal Cells - A classroom exercise

WordSearch Puzzle - based upon our August - December 2008 newsletters

Evaluation Form for Classroom Exercises - a generalized form for evaluating
classroom exercises.

Creative Writing Exercises - get the children thinking and writing about the
environment with these exercises.
Jost van Dyke Environment Information Centre