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Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is an interdisciplinary water education program designed to supplement K-12 curriculum by integrating water education into any subject in the classroom. Project WET offers an entire network of nationally recognized water education, training programs, and publications under the umbrella organization of The Watercourse located on the campus of Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana.
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is a national nonprofit water education program for educators and students, grades K-12. In 1991, the Division of Water Planning and the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension brought Project WET to Nevada.
In June 2001, the Division of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Quality Planning, took the helm for coordinating Project WET. Project WET Nevada provides workshops throughout the State for educators, providing them with tools needed to teach their students about water and water issues in Nevada
Workshop participants are given a variety of teaching materials for their classrooms. Project WET Nevada began with a curriculum developed by the Nevada Division of Water Planning. These curriculum materials include an introduction to water in Nevada, highlighting surface water and groundwater resources, simple hydrology, water uses, Nevada water law, water issues in the State, and pollution prevention. Other curriculum materials from the National office are also distributed to workshop participants.
Project WET State Coordinator: Mary Kay Riedl - Phone: (775) 687-9454
September 2005 —Nevada kids to become water experts — CARSON CITY-The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection teamed up with Project WET (water education for teachers) International and the Bureau of reclamation Fallon office to develop a new tool to educate Nevada students about water resources. Discover the Waters of Nevada is designed to inform fourth through sixth grade students about water through an exploration of Nevada's ecosystems. The full-color 32-page booklet includes facts, experiments, puzzles and educational activities centered around the theme of Nevada's water resources.
 Read the Press Release — get the booklet
Project Wet — State Content Correlations
For information about water education in Nevada
Nevada Water Alphabet
Incredible Journey activity graphics
Make A Splash water festivals are held at various locations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Project WET USA and Nestle Water of America sponsor this national day of water education. This web pages below highlight Nevada's local water celebration where students explore a diversity of water-related topics.
September 2007 - Make A Splash" Water Festival
September 2006 - Make A Splash" Water Festival
September 2005 - Make A Splash" Water Festival
September 2004 – Make A Splash" Water Festival
September 2003 – Make A Splash" Water Festival
September 2001 – Make A Splash" Water Festival
Archive File -- Nevada Water Education Calendar
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