Overview of Modules

Module Sections

Below is a list of each section you will find in the Sustainable WATERS modules with a description of the section. These sections are from the 5e inquiry instructional model and the Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience or MWEE.

Introduction/Teacher Resources (The webpages you are currently on)

• Background information on the standards, topic and module overview.

Individual Module Content

Engage/Issue Identification

• These resources and activities allow students to activate prior knowledge, identify a local issue, and understand the Big Question that guides their inquiry within the module.

Explore/Lab Investigation or Outdoor Field Experience

• Within the demonstrations, lab investigations and other activities students will explore a phenomenon related to the module topic to help them find answers or more questions related to the Big Question.

Explain/Lab Investigation or Outdoor Field Experience and Further Research

• During the Explain phase, students will use the information found and data collected within and beyond the activities to explain the phenomenon, infer possible root causes, and explain the relationship between that phenomenon and the Big Question.

Evaluate/Synthesis and Conclusion

• Throughout the module there are opportunities for students to evaluate what skills they are practicing and the knowledge they are acquiring. By the end of the module students will synthesize and draw conclusions about the answer to the Big Question which will lead to the culminating activity for Sustainable WATERS.

Elaborate/Culminating Environmental Action Project

• Students will take the skills and knowledge acquired over all the modules to complete a culminating activity called the Environmental Action Project.

At the end of each module, use the "Teacher Check-In" to provide your feedback on the module, activities, and other insights you have while participating in the Sustainable WATERS.

There will be two check-in's for each module,

1) after you have reviewed the module, introduction, and completed the activities yourself and

2) after you teach the module with your students.

This feedback will help us better understand how the resources are used in the classroom and more effectively revise the program along with giving more targeted support to teachers and classrooms.