Title:

G02-NPS-16 Teacher Training: NPS Water Quality Education

Sponsor:

Metro Community College Foundation

Project Manager:

Charles Gosselin
3200 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-361-0365

Project Period:

4/15/2002 - 9/30/2003

319 Grant Funds:

$1,419.10

Project Description:

Teacher Training: NPS Water Quality Education

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This project will complement a teachers-only course, Introductory Water Quality Monitoring, which will be delivered by the Missouri Stream Team Program. Thirty-five secondary teachers will be trained through the course, which is to be held in Columbia, Missouri. Each teacher will identify and map 303(d) water resources in watersheds of the, or an adjacent, county of their school district. Ways to involve students in monitoring projects will be brainstormed. Lists of learning resources will be provided to the teachers. The teachers will be prepared to serve as the conduit of information linking students to web sites, state agencies and environmental organizations with water quality projects. Teachers will leave the workshop with useful ideas for the integration of the course content and learning resources in the secondary schools.

OBJECTIVES

1. Increase the knowledge of 35 secondary teachers pertaining to water quality.
2. Increase the readiness of secondary teachers to incorporate teaching and coaching of water quality in classroom and school activities.
3. Assess delivery of content (Water Quality Monitoring Course) and facilitate materials incorporation into workshop for secondary school activities.
4. Capture teacher reports of secondary school activities and estimates of students involved.

PRODUCTS

1. Enroll and train 35 teachers in the workshop.
2. Teachers will identify impaired water resources in their area.
3. Teachers will incorporate and implement course material into the classroom and other school activities.
4. Teachers will deliver water quality lessons through secondary school activities courses.
5. Teachers will deliver water quality lessons as coaches to Science Olympiad.
6. 250 secondary students will be involved in classroom and/or school activities where water quality is taught.

PROJECT SPONSOR

Metro Community College Foundation

COOPERATING AGENCY

EPA/DNR

CONTACT

Metro Community College Foundation
3200 Broadway
Kansas City MO 64111
Charles Gosselin 816-361-0365