SIERRA STREAMS
Watershed Monitoring, Research, and Restoration
Thinking about taking your class out in the watershed? SSI has developed two resources to help teachers learn about different local site they can take their class to as well as structured activities to guide students through meaningful experiences in our local watersheds.
Our Forests is a National Science Foundation-funded project began in 2019, in partnership with the Center for Community and Citizen Science at UC Davis and Nevada County Superintendent of Schools. This project focused on designing hands-on science curriculum for 3rd to 5th graders with an emphasis on community and citizen science in Western Nevada County. Students will collect forest health and fire resilience data on plots within walking distance of their school, while UC Davis researchers study whether this method of teaching science is more effective than traditional, in-class curriculum.
