Local teachers and youth leaders who work with children in kindergarten through eighth grade are invited to a free workshop to learn how to use Project WET environmental-education tools in the classroom and in outdoor projects.

Co-sponsored by the Great Swamp Watershed Association and the Morris County Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center, the workshop will take place from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm on Thursday, April 3, at the Morris County Great Swamp Outdoor Education Center in Chatham.

Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is a collection of innovative, water-related activities that are hands-on, easy to use and fun.  Workshop participants will receive the Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide, specific information about the Great Swamp watershed, and the Project WET Matrix showing which New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards are covered in each activity.

Workshop attendees will actively participate in hands-on lessons from the Project WET Guide and will receive a copy of the Teacher’s Guide to the Great Swamp Watershed, prepared by the Watershed Association.  In addition, participants will receive approved professional development credits applicable to new statewide requirements.

To sign up for the free workshop, call the Watershed Association at 973.966.1900 before March 27, 2003.

Great Swamp Watershed Association was created in 1981 to protect the Great Swamp watershed basin.  Celebrating more than 20 years as a non-profit organization, the Watershed Association relies solely on membership and contributions to protect the continued health of our watershed’s area.  If you’re not already a member, become one today.  For more information, call (973) 966-1900, or visit their website at www.greatswamp.org.

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