Water Quality: Wetlands & Native Fisheries Education
The Wetlands Education program developed by SWEP is made possible through a partnership with the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center and funding from CA State Water Quality Control Board, Proposition 40 and Proposition 50.
SWEP finds a lot of ways to educate local youth about preserving and restoring Tahoe wetlands and native fisheres. In collaboration with UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center, the Truckee River Watershed Council and numerous other partners, our programs include:
Field days at the UC Davis Historic Fish Hatchery for 3rd, 5th, 7th, & 8th grade students
Trout in the Classroom program with pre-K-High School students and teacher trainings
Water quality monitoring with 5th grade students at Sagehen Creek Field Station
Truckee River Day River Fair for the entire community: This event is October 17, 2010.
Fish art and education: When you see these colorful fish displayed around town, you know there is a fun event in the works!
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| What is a Wetland? | Students try to figure it out | Look, listen, learn! | Explore! | Project WET on campus |
What We Offer to Schools
SWEP provides classroom presentations and activities, guided discovery walks to local wetland areas and assistance with service learning projects. Students begin by learning what is a wetland? Then, they learn the importance of wetlands as they go on a scavenger hunt to find out who lives there. Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) and WOW! (Wonders of Wetlands) curriculum activities help students understand important concepts. Monitoring and restoration projects give youth the opportunity to put their new knowledge to good use!
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| Who depends on wetlands? | We all do! | Students learn why. | Water quality monitoring. |
Find out more about our Wetland Adventures Program!
Teacher's Interpretive Hike Series
SWEP provides training and technical assistance to teachers who want to bring wetlands edcuation into their classroom. We provide teachers with research, cultural and natural history, and curriculum connections to wetlands in the Lake Tahoe basin. This is a great way to introduce teachers to our program, let them meet the researchers and get their classrooms involved in wetlands education.
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| Teacher's Interpretive Hike with UC Davis Hydrologist Andrea Parra. October 2007 | Fall colors at the constructed wetland in Tahoe City. | Teachers investigate adaptations of wetlands plants using a cattail. |