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