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Festival Goals:
- Increase student, teacher, and citizen awareness and knowledge of
local watershed ecology and the environmental/social issues affecting
it.
- Enhance participant skills to actively address the issues affecting
their watershed.
- Connect local water resource professionals with their schools and
community.
- Sustain existing partnerships and build new ones between PCEI and
local/regional/national organizations, agencies, and businesses.
Audience
The audience for the Watershed Festival includes approximately 8
classes, or 200 students, from regional schools. In addition, parent
volunteers, local water resource professionals, and community
volunteers participate in these festivals. Past festival locations have
included Moscow, Elk River, Lewiston, and Grangeville.
Event Design
Students learn about our local watershed by rotating through 5
educational stations. PCEI staff and local resource professionals
facilitate each station with groups of 15-24 students for roughly 30-35
minutes. Station topics can vary, and have included: Water
conservation, macroinvertibrate studies, aquifers, stream sense,
surface tension, plant restoration, erosion and turbidity, and so much
more. Each station is designed to meet or reinforce state standards.
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"I liked the discovery process offered, the tempo of teaching was
well paced, students were able to leave a legacy, a lasting impact and
make a difference." - Moscow Teacher
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