Carrizo Springs, Texas—The Story of the Systems Academy of Young Scientists (SAYS)

Abstract

This chapter presents a story plot of how citizen science and youth activism are embedded in a summer (2011) enrichment program in a small Texas town. A story plot includes exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution (Sebranek et al. 1999). The exposition is the beginning part of a story in which the setting, characters, and conflict are introduced. In the rising action, the characters try to address the problem. The climax, or turning point of the story, is the point where the characters come face-to-face with the problem. During falling action, story characters learn to deal with life “after the climax.” And, finally, the resolution brings the story to a natural, thought-provoking, or surprising conclusion. This story plot is told through reflection, photo documentation, and project artifacts (Fig. 14.1).