LEARNING
What can we learn from water?
How do the hydrologic and seasonal cycles influence our lives?
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WatershED Learning Activities Learn about water in general and the Boulder Creek Watershed in particular through these online resources and a Teacher's Guide (PDF).
Colorado
Division of Wildlife Rivers of Colorado
Water Watch Network
Over a half a dozen local schools have participated in the Water Watch program in the past ten years. Students not only learn the basics of water quality testing but provide data that the Division of Wildlife uses to determine the health of Colorado streams.
Local River Watch Activities
Go to River Watch Data for Boulder Area
Waterbudget: Compare Precipitation and Potential Evapotranspiration between Silver Lake (near the Continental Divide at over 10,000 feet and the city of Boulder at 5,600 feet).
Fifth Grade Water Unit by Douglas Elementary's Kenneth Nova can be used alone or as a way to supplement planning for the Children's Water Festival every May.
Also see Interactive Water Quizzes in BASIN Personal Action
BASIN and Sojourner School Make Waves : Students Produce Boulder Creek Television Program
Sojourner School Middle School students have been studying Boulder Creek Watershed all year. With the help of BASIN and Let's Go Live Productions, they have produced their own television program about many aspects of Boulder Creek.
Educational Standards
Can BASIN help teachers and students comply with the education standards being applied at the state and district level? Certainly! While the learning activities in BASIN are not a substitute for getting out and learning by experience in the watershed, there are many specific standards that BASIN addresses.
- How BASIN Learning & Service Community Meets Educational Standards
- Boulder Valley Public Schools Academic Content Standards: Science
- BVSD Content Standards and Proposed Benchmarks
We focus on science and geography standards, but BASIN can also be used to meet literacy and technology standards as well.
With
the first school in what is now the state of Colorado built here in
1860, the Boulder area has a long history of educational service to
the community. BASIN aims to provide learning and service opportunities
throughout the greater Boulder area by focusing on water and related
environmental concerns. Accept our
invitation to participate in building the Boulder Area Sustainability
Information Network. While the entire
BASIN website holds numerous opportunities for learning about the Boulder
area and local water dynamics, this section offers specific learning
activities and supplemental materials for teachers, students and interested
citizens.
Virtual Field Trips
- Virtual Field Trip of Boulder Creek: CU Geography Department
- Virtual Field Trip to Niwot Ridge Site
- Virtual Field Trip to the Indian Peaks, Colorado, Front Range, U.S.A.
- Virtual Field Trips-- North America
Other Educational Resources
- Colorado Foundation for Water Education
- Webmonkey for Kids (how-to build webpages for kids)
- Watercourse: Water Education for Teachers
- Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
- USGS Learning Web
- Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District-- Education
- Bureau of Reclamation Environmental Education
- Healthy Water, Healthy People - Water quality monitoring and education program at Montana State University.