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Waterways:
Local to Global Water Habitats and Resources
 This
project is designed to provide opportunities for students to learn
from, encourage and inspire one another to be actively engaged in
restoring and preserving water habitats and resources through scientific
knowledge and collaborative action, and to integrate literacy and
communication with environmental science learning and action.
1. Each participating
school, class, or organization makes regular observations over time
of a local water habitat or water resource which are then shared online
with the other participants through email and websites to include
written text and scientific data and, if possible, include digital
images drawings and artwork about the habitat site or resource.
2. As observations
are made, students can share changes in the habitats or resources
as well as communicate needs for action to restore, preserve or sustain
the habitat or resource. Students can collaborate online on ideas
for taking action and are encouraged to be involved with their local
community to identify and carry out service learning collaborative
efforts on behalf of the water habitats and resources.
3. The project
coordinator will post observations and service learning action projects
on local water habitats and resources and service learning projects
with water habitats and resources on her classroom website.
Ages: Emphasis
on students age 5 to 12 to also include students age 12 to 18 who would
like to collaborate with younger students
Languages:
All
Dates: Ongoing
If you are an iEARN
participant, see the Web-based Forum: Aqua
(Newsgroup: apc.iearn.aqua).
Contact:
For more information about participating in this or other iEARN projects,
write to iearn@iearn.org
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