Hometown Waters The Freshwater Trust

Hometown Waters is a dynamic, interdisciplinary planning and resource tool intended to help students gain a comprehensive understanding of all aspects of their local watershed related to geography, hydrology, ecology, history, demographics, climate and local land and water issues. Hometown Waters can be used by individual classroom teachers to assist with the integration of regionally specific, place-based learning or district wide as a cross-curricular thread weaving, scaffolding and connecting relevant watershed educational experiences for students grades K-12.

Hometown Waters works to create a watershed-as-home concept by placing students in a web of awareness that will help them understand how water moves through their watershed, how the actions of the citizens of the watershed affect the water, and how each student’s life is impacted by the health of their local waters. Hometown Waters also provides resources to assist classrooms in connecting with local community partners and engaging students in field-based service learning projects.