Project WET

 

  

 

What is Project WET?

Project WET is an interdisciplinary supplemental water education program for educators of K-12 students. It is a collection of innovative water-related activities that are hands-on, easy and fun to use. Project WET activities were developed, tested, and reviewed by hundreds of educators and resource managers around the country.  The goal of Project WET is to facilitate and promote awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of water resources through the development and dissemination of classroom-ready teaching aids through the establishment of state and internationally sponsored Project WET programs.

See a presentation on Project WET for more information 

 Workshops and Trainings

Workshops can be presented anywhere in Utah. We will travel to you, when and where is most convenient for you. Also, if you contact Laura to schedule a workshop, and have at least 8 other interested people who will attend the workshop, the workshop fee will be waived for you. This fee covers the cost of the manual and workshop materials, and is normally $15.The guide is only available through Project WET workshops. Workshops offer you: 

  • Hands-on experience in the use of the Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide.  
  • A range of activities which link to the Utah State Core Curriculum for science, math, language arts, social studies, reading, art, and music.
  • Continuing Education Credit. 
  • Information and resources pertaining to Utah's water. 
  • Freebies and take-home items. 

 What's in the manual?

 

The heart of Project WET is the Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide, a 500+ page collection of more than 90 fun, innovative, water-related educational activities designed to supplement an educators existing curriculum. Project WET materials were developed and field tested by over 600 educators and resources managers working with more than 34,000 students nationwide. The materials are hands-on, easy to use, and meet the needs of many different teaching and learning styles.

Our relationships with water are a major theme of the activity guide. The manual also covers: 

  • Water's chemical and physical properties.
  • Aquatic habitats and systems.
  • Quantity and quality issues.
  • Water management strategies.
  • Water's social and cultural constructs.

This guide is organized in a manner that makes it as user-friendly as possible. It features: 

  • Background information for each activity.
  • Comprehensive planning and cross-reference charts.
  • "Charting the Course" section that links activities together.
  • Activity icons for quick connections to water concepts. 

 Correlations to the Utah State Core Curriculum by grade level  

We realize the difficulty to provide a variety of fun and engaging activities for students while sill meeting the requirements of the Utah State Core Curriculum.  In attempts to make the Project WET materails more usable for teachers, we have provided correlations to the core curriculum broken out by grade levels below.  The correlations are searchable in two ways, both by the Project WET activity, and also by the core curriculum standard. 

For More Information Contact: 

Laura Hines
Program Coordinator
Project WET Coordinator

5210 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-5210
(435) 797-2580
laura.hines@usu.edu