Project Aquatic WILD

   Project WET (Watershed Education for Teachers) 2.0 

Join FLI Education Program Manager, Nadia Harvieux, and Delta Environmental Program Manager, Kaeti Stoss, for an introduction to hands-on, water-related activities that are easily incorporated into your existing K-12 STEM curricula. This training is free and open to classroom & homeschool teachers, outreach educators, summer camp instructors and afterschool providers.

Project Aquatic WILD & Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) 2.0 are a collection of innovative, water-related activities, lessons, games and field investigations that are hands-on, easy to use and fun! Project Aquatic WILD focuses on aquatic habitats, the animals that live there, ecology, pollution, and impact of invasive species. Project WET 2.0 focuses on the physical properties of water, water quality impacts, and peoples' relationship to water throughout their lives.

Participants will receive the award-winning, NSTA-recommended Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide 2.0, Aquatic WILD K-12 Curriculum & Activity Guide and 7 hours of CTLE professional development. Correlated to the Common Core Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and STEM Educational Coalition objectives, the curriculum & activity guides gives K-12 educators accessible tools to integrate water education into every school subject. 

Itinerary

9 - 9:30 am-- Introductions

9:30 am - noon-- Project Aquatic WILD and Project WET Activities (indoor and outdoor)

noon- 12:30 pm-- Working lunch (please bring a bagged lunch)-- Overview of Curriculum Guides

12:30 - 1 pm-- Tour of the Riedman Fish Hatchery at Powder Mills Park

1- 2 pm-- Project Aquatic WILD and Project WET Activities (indoor and outdoor)

2- 3:30 pm-- Intro to Stream Monitoring

3:30-4 pm-- Wrap-up and Program Evaluations

A portion of the Project Aquatic WILD and Project WET 2.0 training will involve participating in a selection of outdoor activities, including stream monitoring. Please dress accordingly for outdoor activity and bring a pair of closed-toed water shoes (old sneakers or rubber boots will work) for the stream monitoring component.