A student and teacher watershed and wetland education program: Extension to promote community social-ecological resilience

Abstract

A middle school student and teacher watershed education project supports a large wetland restoration effort. It provides community-based, science education for urban, lowincome, multicultural 6th-9th grade students and their teachers. This is a bottom-up approach to extending information to the local community about the restoration. The project includes teacher workshops, teacher and student restoration/water quality fieldwork with expert guidance, scientist classroom visits, an essay contest, and research cruise. The project is an example of using placebased, participatory learning toward achieving social-ecological resilience. It is a student education project with broader, community-wide Extension goals. © by Extension Journal, Inc.