Science Wednesday – Eastwood Elementary
May 27 marked the end of the pilot “Science Wednesday” program at Eastwood Elementary in Roseburg. The program consisted of a six-week environmental stewardship curriculum co-led by UW’s Katrina Keleher and Eastwood’s Jeff Jackson. The fifteen 5th graders in the program learned about water chemistry, dendrochronology, GPS navigation, and environmental science for two hours after school every Wednesday. [...]
Education Programs
April 10, 2015: Science Friday – GPS Navigation
At today’s Science Friday lesson we learned all about GPS (or Global Positioning Systems)! We learned about satellites, directional differentiation, how to read and input coordinates, & navigation. We ended the lesson with a geocaching activity on McGovern’s campus!
Great job today, scientists!! Remember – next week is [...]
Welcome
Welcome to Umpqua Watersheds Education blog! This is a very exciting place where you will find information, photos, and stories about the various environmental education activities taking place in Douglas County. Take a look around by navigating through the different tabs!
In the end we will conserve only what [...]
