WikiWatershed is a web toolkit designed to help citizens, conservation practitioners, municipal decision-makers, researchers, educators, and students advance knowledge and stewardship of fresh water. WikiWatershed an initiative of Stroud Water Research Center, a global leader in freshwater science.
In case you missed it — you can now watch the WikiWatershed Toolkit for Educators webinar on the Videos page.
This webinar introduces WikiWatershed and then focuses on the Model My Watershed web app, which demonstrates the effects of land use and best management practices on your local streams and watersheds.
Macroinvertebrates.org is a web app that bills itself as "an explorable resource for stream insect identification."
A pilot middle/high school curriculum for using Model My Watershed in the classroom can be found on the Innovative Technology in Science Inquiry (ITSI) portal.
How can clumps of slimy leaves spark stream exploration? Participants learned how at a workshop in September 2016.
Through a pilot program, 75 teachers in California, Iowa, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are introducing their students to the Model My Watershed web app and related science curriculum.