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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
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