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What is Project WET?
Project WET is a nonprofit water education
program and publisher for educators and young people ages 5-18. The program
facilitates and promotes awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and stewardship of
water resources through the dissemination of classroom-ready teaching aids.
KY Project WET Mission
The mission of Kentucky Project WET is to foster responsible water
stewardship utilizing effective
water education throughout the Commonwealth.
What's in the Guide?
The heart of the Project WET program 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 resource 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 guide is divided into these
categories:
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Water education involves a
variety of teaching strategies.
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Water has unique physical
and chemical characteristics.
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Water is essential for all
life to exist.
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Water connects all Earth
Systems
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Water is a natural resource
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Water resources are managed
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Water resources exist within
social constructs
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Water resources exist within
cultural constructs
This guide is organized in
a manner that makes it very user-friendly and includes:
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Background information for
each activity.
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Comprehensive planning and
cross-reference charts.
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"Charting
the Course" section that links activities together.
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Activity icons for quick
connections to the guides conceptual framework.
How do I get WET?
Attend a workshop
 Click here to find out more information
Connections to Kentucky Core Content 4.1 by activity
This spring a group of
dedicated and experienced experts in both formal and nonformal environmental
education met to connect Project WET activities to Kentucky’s Core Content 4.1.
Their tremendous efforts have resulted in the alignment of 26 Project WET
activities to Kentucky’s Core Content.
Click here to search Project WET Connections to Core Content 4.1 by activity
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