Currently, there is a plethora of knowledge concerning best practices in environmental education, how those best practices change according to developmental ages, and how to adapt them in various learning settings. However, minimal information exists concerning what might be the most ideal time frame to impact long term behavior change. This study has the potential to provide valuable data to inform science and environmental education curricula on a large scale.

I am recruiting individuals 18 years old or older to participate in this study. Participants will be asked to take a 20-minute online survey. Additionally, if interested, participants may opt-in to 30-minute online focus groups. Your participation in this study is voluntary. You may choose not to participate or discontinue participation at any time without any negative consequences to future interactions or relationships with the researchers.

The protection of participant identity is very important. If you choose to participate, please click the blue button to proceed to the informed consent form. Participant emails collected through this consent form will only be used to share the survey link and to connect for scheduling the focus group sessions. Survey responses are not linked to the consent form or to the emails collected from the consent form. All survey responses remain anonymous. Responses from the focus groups will be de-identified before data analysis.

If you have any questions concerning the research study, please contact me at lauren.westerman@student.prescott.edu or Dr. Erin Lotz at erin.lotz@prescott.edu.