2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/24/2018 | 9:30 AM - 9:45 AM | ENGAGING STUDENTS IN STORMWATER SCIENCE | 320
ENGAGING STUDENTS IN STORMWATER SCIENCE
In an era where students spend more time on their cell phones than outside, it can be challenging to reconnect our youth to their environment. However, Stormwater scientists from Fairfax County, Virginia continue to create meaningful ways for teachers to connect their students to real world science and scientists. Students and teachers benefit when professional subject matter experts partner with them in the classroom or the field to provide experiential examples of how science is used to monitor the health of our environment. Conference attendees will be introduced to more than a decade’s worth of watershed and stormwater education programs developed for Fairfax County Public School K through 12 teachers and students. The focus of this session will be centered on an innovative stormwater facility replanting program in which students help install native plants in existing facilities to improve water quality and biodiversity on school campuses. Previously, implementation of any non-structural stormwater enhancement project on campuses was met with roadblocks. Through creative thinking, stormwater scientists found a way to overcome hurdles to create an engaging, hands-on program that meets educational, water quality and environmental stewardship goals in Fairfax County, Virginia.
- Communication
- Outreach
- Watershed
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Presenters/Authors
Danielle Wynne
(), Fairfax County, VA Government, danielle.wynne@fairfaxcounty.gov;
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