{"id":912,"date":"2023-02-08T08:21:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T13:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.seagrant.w3.uvm.edu\/2023\/02\/08\/watershed-science-grant-connects-teachers-with-researchers\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T17:49:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T21:49:08","slug":"watershed-science-grant-connects-teachers-with-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/2023\/02\/08\/watershed-science-grant-connects-teachers-with-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Watershed Science Grant Connects Teachers with Researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\">Lake Champlain Sea Grant<\/a> recently received an education grant from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lcbp.org\/\">Lake Champlain Basin Program<\/a> to create the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/watershed-alliance\/watershed-alliance-teacher-researcher-partnership-watr\">Watershed Alliance Teacher and Researcher Partnership<\/a> (WATR).<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThis new partnership will support middle and high school teachers employed by schools in the Lake Champlain basin in Vermont and New York and help them foster stronger connections with researchers to integrate watershed science into their classrooms. The year-long program includes hands-on learning opportunities aboard the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/rsenr\/rubensteinlab\/research-vessel-marcelle-melosira-and-other-boats\">R\/V <em>Marcelle Melosira<\/em><\/a>, the University of Vermont (UVM) state-of-the-art research vessel; involvement in ongoing water research projects; and development of educational materials and lesson plans.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAlthough there is no cost to participate, space is limited, so teachers will be selected through an application process using an online <a href=\"https:\/\/go.uvm.edu\/watr\">WATR registration form<\/a>. Applications will be accepted \u00a0until February 24, 2023, and\u00a0successful applicants will be notified by mid-March.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPriority will be given to teachers from schools with a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunch and\/or with diverse student bodies. Teaching teams are encouraged to sign up together.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOnce accepted, if a disability-related accommodation is needed to participate, teachers should contact Ashley Eaton at (802) 391-4410 or\u00a0<span class=\"spamspan\"><span class=\"u\">akeaton<\/span> [at] <span class=\"d\">uvm.edu<\/span><\/span>\u00a0by May 1.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tParticipants will receive a stipend for their time and purchase of supplies to implement their lessons. Graduate credits are available, although teachers are responsible for paying the applicable tuition fees.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe intensive summer session, July 31\u2013August 4, will take place at several locations, including the R\/V <em>Marcelle Melosira<\/em> and UVM&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/rsenr\/rubensteinlab\">Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory<\/a> at the bottom of College Street in Burlington. Teachers will work alongside researchers to conduct field assessments, water quality monitoring, and limnological sampling of Lake Champlain and learn about the watershed&#8217;s unique characteristics.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tDuring this initial week, participants also will begin to brainstorm ideas for a watershed STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) based unit and be matched with a researcher to collaborate on development of their new curriculum. After being piloted in the classroom, these individual lessons and corresponding materials will be compiled into a larger curriculum to be shared with other teachers in the Lake Champlain basin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lake Champlain Sea Grant recently received an education grant from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1556,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1233,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions\/1233"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/seagrant\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}