Brief presentation on the history of the RiverNet Watershed Access Lab Project and the achievements of the many participating teachers and hundreds of students throughout Southeastern Massachusetts

Curry, Kevin

McCoy, Kim

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Bridgewater State UniversityVirtual Commons - Bridgewater State UniversityWatershed Access Lab Projects Watershed Access Lab2005RiverNet Watershed Access Lab ProgramOverviewKevin CurryBridgewater State College, kcurry@bridgew.eduKim McCoyBridgewater State College, kmccoy@bridgew.eduThis item is available as part of Virtual Commons, the open-access institutional repository of Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, Massachusetts.Recommended Citation(2005). RiverNet Watershed Access Lab Program Overview. In Watershed Access Lab Projects. Project 141.Available at: http://vc.bridgew.edu/wal_projects/141Dr. Kevin D. Curry and Kim McCoy Bridgewater State College Watershed Access Lab  RiverNet  Watershed Access Lab Beginnings: Spring 1997  Three year grant from Raytheon Co.  Mission: Teacher Professional Development   Use Watershed Education/Stewardship to apply math, science, and technology   Remove the equipment barrier for watershed educators  Focus: land use, stream discharge, water quality, aquatic communities and G.I.S.  Supported Since 1998 by Eisenhower and Improving Teacher Quality grants from the Board of Higher Education, NSF and in kind support from Bridgewater State College  WAL: What is it?  Open Access Lab for Watershed Educators: Schools and Community   Students and Teachers Conduct Community Watershed Study:  Summaries to EOEA,  SRPEDD and on WAL Web Page  Lending Lab: Removes the Equipment Barrier for Watershed Studies  Teachers & students use current Water Quality Monitoring Technology WAL Teachers in S.E. Mass. WAL Benefits: Community Service and Applied Science for Students and Educators   Over 54 teachers and 700 middle school/ high school student participants as of Spring 2005.  Community watershed project applying math, science, and technology.  Teachers and students work on a project of interest to regional agencies . Watershed Institute and Seminar What do we do in the WAL?  NS 521 Graduate Course on Stream Ecology and Watershed Studies (4 - 6 credits)   Up to 10 new teachers from March through May of following year.  Teachers and students conduct a Watershed Project and present project results in a WAL One Day Seminar  Student Projects at the WAL Seminar on WAL Web Page: http://www.bridgew.edu/wal/  From The WAL Staff and BSC: Thank you to the Teachers and the Student Researchers! ON With the Show! 

RiverNet Watershed Access Lab Program Overview

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RiverNet Watershed Access Lab Program Overview

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