June is Watershed Month across the U.S. The Massachusetts
Executive Office of Environmental Affairs has declared
this year our Watershed Year. Because rivers are the
lifeblood of watersheds, we are highlighting WATERSHEDS
for teaching and learning at this time. Our Watershed
Model emphasizes inquiry, hands-on experience and problem-solving,
as well as interdisciplinary content through technology-based
research and resources.
Photo Credit:
T.C. Fitzgerald, Photographer, Office of the Secretary
of the Commonwealth
Featured Organizations
We salute the
Massachusetts
Bays Education Alliance and
Urban
Harbors Institute, partners of the MSP who enhance
education and research about Mass. Bays and Boston Harbor
watersheds.
Featured Curriculum
The Quabbin Experience: Beyond Its Waters (A Teacher's
Guide available in Hard Copy from the Commonwealth Museum,
Office of the Secy of State, 220 Morrissey Blvd., Boston,
MA 02125, along with an oral history video. The Guide
will be prepared for viewing online soon.)
NEW! The
Massachusetts Bays Watershed Stewardship Guide
has recently been published. You can review an Overview,
Index, and Part I here.
Featured Lesson Plans from The Watershed Model
Lesson Plans - from MSP
Watershed Model
Featured WWW Sites
Watershed/Water Map Sites
Featured Teacher
THOMAS VAUGHN - Tom Vaughn,
Science Supervisor of Arlington Middle & High School
is 1 of 3 Mass. state science teachers who won a Presidential
Award for Excellence in Teaching Math and Science in
1999 and has many more science awards to his credit.
Nominate a site or resource to be highlighted on
this page by sending e-mail to the Massachusetts
Studies Project.
