Water Quality: Wetlands Education
Spring 2010 Field Days June 4, 7, & 8. Volunteer to help! We need adults to assist 7th grade students hosting education stations for younger students, Lahontan Cutthroat trout art project, 8th grade Environmental Detectives 'Mystery of the Dying Fish'. Call Christine 530-305-1803 for more information.
The Wetlands Education program developed by SWEP is made possible through a partnership with the UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center and funding from Proposition 40 and Proposition 50.
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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. |