NOAA B-WET
skate park
LID
Student Designed
outdoor classroom
clear trails
planting
GOALS 1. Build an outdoor watershed classroom. 2. Integrate MWEES into school culture and curriculum.
Empower students to make positive change in their community
Educate broader audience on importance of watershed health
Create a place for community engagement and enjoying outdoors
community engagement
City supported
Greenlawn Cemetary
pollinator garden
water quality in ponds
watershed design
topography, shape of land where water flows down
innteractive - connect mind and body
Rebecca as a resource
art as immersive experience
novel, unique
CONCERNS
teachers not wanting to use the outdoor classroom because the skatepark is a distraction
ways that the skate park can be more incorporated -as a motor break or "power-up" to learn about what a watershed is???
Bob LeBlanc
Train afterschool staff and teachers on outdoor, watershed education
PD workshops and meetings to develop curriculum around the classroom
stewardship action 1. clean-up the area of trash 2. stream restoration 3. public education
signage and public space to spread the word of what stewardship action is and how everyone can improve the health of the watershed
outdoor activity improves physical and mental health
stair-like feature that show topographic lines - a small "hill" with organic shaped steps