Search

A watershed is an area of land where water is drained ultimately to a particular watercourse or body of water. This curriculum guide acts as a comprehensive resource for educators at all levels to explore the many facets of watersheds for New York City. The guide investigates all the dynamics of watershed education, exploring the environmental and cultural dynamics of water, tracing it from a tiny spring in the mountain to a faucet in Brooklyn, New York. It includes a wide variety of activities as well as information sheets on terminology and issues on the subject of water. Each chapter incorporates suggestions for classroom assessment tools and follow-up projects for students. Major sections include hydrology, geology, ecology, pollution, land development, watershed technology, and conservation. Activities are listed by grade level (K-12) and subject area (subjects are primarily focused on the sciences and social studies, but also include such areas as art, economics, health, and mathematics). (AIM)

This curriculum guide is an attempt to tackle difficult environmental issues through familiar and realistic outdoor teaching formulas. It presents activities that combine experience-based techniques with complex global issues and involves a step-by-step process that an instructor may walk through in order to find the location in their curriculum into which they may incorporate these unique teachable moments. Section One, Cultural Awareness, contains a variety of activities that encourage students to explore some of the customs, histories, economies, governments, literature, and games of people around the world. Section Two, Development Education, includes a variety of activities that encourage students to explore some of the topics and issues involved in the development of countries and the environmental, human, economic, and technological dimensions of growing societies around the world. Contains a list of resources. (JRH)