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:

Four Winds Nature Institute

Vermont Institute of Natural Science

Wellborn Ecology Fund