Center for Environment and Society

The Watershed Education for Resilience in Southwest Florida (WATERS) project is an 8 week after school program, including with boat trips, focused on habitat shift, extreme weather, sea level rise and saltwater intrusion. Students will create models on the impacts of climate change and gain experience with the NOAA-funded Web-Based Interactive Decision-Support Tool for Adaptation of Coastal Urban and Natural Ecosystems in Southwest Florida (ACUNE) through new K-12 tools culminating in student action plans.

21st CCLC Partners:
     · Grace Place for Children and Families

     · Boys and Girls Club of Collier County

The Watershed Teacher Leadership Academy (WeTLAnd) creates a community of practice connecting university researchers and K-12 teachers resulting in increased inquiry-based watershed science in Lee County Schoolyards and increased student achievement in science. 

Over a yearlong program, a cohort of K-12 teachers complete a multi-day academy to include hands-on field research alongside FGCU researchers conducting real-world research; professional development to link the academy experience to individualized curricular needs; and onsite schoolyard training with the researchers and professors in Environmental Education to transfer the  scientific practices to the schoolyard. 

Interested teachers should contact Susie Hassett, Environmental Education Coordinator for the School District of Lee County at 239-337-8661.

The 'Sustainable WATERS' project will leverage existing Project WATERS to provide climate change and watershed education for Title 1 middle schools in the School District of Lee County.

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Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation, Inc.
10501 FGCU Boulevard, South
Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565

 Please contact the Center for Environment and Sustainability Education to discuss specific program giving or any questions regarding supporting the Center.