Shared Waters Curriculum Training- Grades 3-5

The Math & Science Collaborative is an AIU program that brings innovative and effective approaches to build a cohesive K-12 STEM curriculum that meets the rigor of the PA Core. Through our contracted training services, we help educators across Allegheny County and surrounding regions implement high leverage practices in the classroom to prepare students for tomorrow's careers. We also provide mathematics and science curriculum audits and alignment services. We provide professional development in effective pedagogical practices that engage all students in rigorous STEM learning through developing teacher leadership, implementing professional learning communities, utilizing lesson study, and customized support in content and pedagogical content knowledge.

AIU Math & Science Collaborative

Spend a day engaged in a 10 lesson curriculum designed for the PA STEELS standards, specifically the Environmental Lit. and Sustainability.

Allegheny Intermediate Unit, East Waterfront Drive, Homestead, PA, USA

Shared Waters began as a NOAA B-WET grant as an upstream-downstream partnership with the goal of systemically implementing Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE) in elementary schools. These experiences aim to teach students about local watershed issues and how their actions impact the overall health of the watershed.The project culminated in a comprehensive curriculum that was classroom-tested with nearly 1,000 elementary students. Shared Waters is spreading as it is enthusiastically embraced by teachers and administrators as a supported, class-ready curriculum that is engaging and impactful.Shared Waters offers a comprehensive curriculum specifically designed for elementary students in grades 3-5, aligned with the PA STEELS standards, with an emphasis on environmental literacy and sustainability. This curriculum includes 10 lessons, culminating in an action project, and covers topics such as understanding the water cycle and the concept of watersheds, conducting chemical analyses of natural water bodies, identifying aquatic macroinvertebrates as indicators of water quality, exploring the effects of human activities on watersheds, and developing and implementing action plans to address environmental issues. The program's goals are to enhance understanding of watershed science and the impact of human activities on water quality, foster a sense of responsibility and connection to local watersheds through community-based projects, and encourage students to develop and implement action plans to improve watershed health.AIU member district participants and PA smart partners will leave with a kit of materials designed to help them implement this curriculum. Due to the cost of the materials, kit distribution will be limited to one kit per school.

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