Resources for Teachers
The White River watershed provides diverse opportunities for school students to learn important academic skills and benefit their communities through service learning. Here are a few resources to get you started.
Service Learning
The WRP offers annual, hands-on volunteer opportunities focused on watershed stewardship. Check out our Stewardship Program for more information.
Monitoring the White River Program
In spring 2010, the WRP received a Wellborn Ecology Fund grant to initiate a school-based river monitoring program for 12 towns in Vermont’s White River watershed. Follow the links below to learn more about this exciting new opportunity for watershed educators:
Monitoring_the_White_River_Program_2010.pdf
Summer_Teachers_Forum_2010.pdf
Summer_Monitoring_Workshops_2010.pdf
Watershed Curricula
Check out these existing curriculum units on riparian buffers, watersheds, water quality, and more.
Bureau of Land Management Green Zone Riparian Action Guide
Friends of the Teton River watershed curriculum
National Environmental Education Week water curricula
Project WET Worldwide Water Education resources
Local EE Providers
For more ideas, visit these local environmental education providers:
Students from Bethel Elementary School help plant trees along Ayers Brook in Randolph.
Whitcomb High School students learn that while returning invasive rusty crayfish to the river is illegal…eating them is encouraged!
