PROJECT WET'S METHODOLOGY

The cornerstone of Project WET is its methodology of teaching about water resources through hands-on, investigative, easy-to-use activities. 
 

 Project WET activities are:

• Accurate and science-based. Content experts review the information, and educators and students field test the materials.
• Interactive. Engaging students through questioning and other inquiry-based strategies, educators involve students in hands-on lessons and encourage them to take responsibility for their own learning by:
  • seeking answers to real-world problems
  • playing games to explore scientific concepts
  • reflecting, debating and sharing by creating songs, stories and dramas
• Multisensory. Full-body activities engage the senses, which research shows enhances learning.
• Adaptable. Project WET activities can be taught and performed indoors and outdoors, in a variety of settings with a range of group sizes.
• Contemporary, incorporating technology and twenty-first-century skills. In most activities, students work in small, collaborative groups. Many activities engage students in higher-level thinking skills, requiring them to: analyze, interpret, apply information (problem-solving, decision-making and planning), evaluate and present.
• Cross-cultural. Materials prepare students for participation in a global economy, in which an understanding of water resources will be critical.
• Relevant. Educators are encouraged to localize activities to give them relevance.
• Solution-oriented. Project WET believes in linking awareness and education to action and solutions through its ActionEducation™ initiative.
• Measurable. Project WET activities provide simple assessment tools to measure student learning.