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Lehman College Department of
Middle and High School Education

Bronx River Research Program at SCRL
SCRL GIS Presentation (PowerPoint) | Quality of Life | Survey (pdf)

A major research program involves SCRL students is a local investigation of local problems and issues identified by SCRL students, their families, and neighbors. This project is conducted in conjunction with the SCRL Bronx River Research Program. Geographically, the students conduct community research along a one (1) mile distance on Lafayette Avenue, the end of which is the Bronx River.

Students complete the Bronx River Community Research Program Survey for each community member and are thus able to identify the most important issues and problems. The specific components include:

  1. Administering the Bronx River Community Research Program Survey to students, family members, and neighbors to identify community a. problems,
    b. probable causes, and c. possible solutions. Each student to collect four sources of data: student, family member, neighbor, and other.
  2. GIS (Geographic Information Systems) mapping. Student map the exact position of identified problems and addresses of respondents (waypoints)
  3. All data to be compiled on Excel, statistics analyzed per location and types of problems, causes and solutions.
  4. Based on the analysis of the collected data, students propose possible solutions.
  5. Students meet with local organizations and agencies to address their findings.

Identified Issues/Problems
Over the past year, based on their survey analysis, a number of community issues and problems have been identified:

  • Lack of sufficient number of trees to provide shade along sidewalks
  • Lack of sufficient number of park benches to provide older residents with resting points as they walk
  • Lack of sufficient number of garbage containers; garbage is thrown onto the sidewalks
  • Broken sidewalk sections needing repaired
  • Motorists not stopping at particular stop signs near the school
  • Gang activity along the route that some students have to follow to travel to school and to return home.

Student Work
Bronx River Project - SCRL (PorwePoint)
Francisco Mota
Nickecha Mcleod
Douglas

Social Studies Exit Project Presentations - Susan Saunders

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