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Montana Watercourse Support To Teachers
Montana Watercourse Support To Teachers
Why Water?
6 Water is important to Montanans.
6 Water is intimately tied to you and the place you live.
6 Education about the place you live enhances learning as
well as builds stewardship for the local environment,
culture and economy.
6 Water is a universal known. Use the known to teach the
unknown.
Trunks
Bring resources on ponds and wetlands, water in literature, water
in history, groundwater, water quality/stream
ecology, pollution prevention/non-point source
pollution and watersheds to you.
Funding
Resources and funding for water monitoring training,
equipment and data collection. (Usually 7-12th grades.)
WATER:
A theme for teaching
and learning
For the past 3 years, we have used [your] equipment, Project WET
and other activities in our 7th grade science Riparian unit.
Bozeman middle school teacher
"I would like to see this workshop incorporated into summer camp
counselor training and day camp training. Girl Scout Leader
[WET] will be a great resource for science teaching ideas
Elementary pre-service teacher, Bozeman
The most useful thing I learned was" the vast amount of info that is
out there about water and the importance of water and how it relates
to our curriculum."
Elementary teacher, Trego
The local aspect [of this workshop/tour] is beneficial to everyone.
Sun Valley teacher
Contact Us:
Montana Watercourse
Montana Project WET
201 Culbertson Hall
Montana State University
Bozeman MT, 59717
406-994-6425 6 fax: 406-994-1919
www.mtwatercourse.org
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Development for
Montana Educators