The Water Rocks! Winter Summit is a 2-day professional development workshop that offers training for non-formal educators on a multitude of hands-on, interactive educational modules to help teach classroom lessons on water, soil, agriculture, environmental science, and more. Attendees will also have the opportunity to further their technical understanding of agricultural and environmental issues related to these topics through talks by several Iowa State University faculty and staff working in these fields.
Many non-formal educators, including 4-H and extension educators, SWCD youth outreach coordinators, watershed coordinators, naturalists, municipal/public works education personnel, scientists who frequently conduct youth outreach in the classroom, and STEM coordinators, have expressed interest in attending previous Water Rocks! Summits. This Summit is dedicated to you!
Water Rocks! Winter Summit FAQs
What is the Water Rocks! Summit all about?
This professional development workshop will offer training on a multitude of interactive and hands-on educational lessons on water, soil, agriculture, environmental science, and more! We'll focus on fun and effective ways to teach these lessons to youth in Grades K-12, inspiring the next generation to be good stewards of our natural resources.
What topics will be covered at the Summit?
The Water Rocks! Winter Summit will cover a wide variety of topics including the water cycle, watersheds, connectedness of agriculture and the environment in Iowa, agricultural management practices, wetlands, biodiversity, and more. Music, videos, technology, and hands-on activities will be woven throughout!
I have other questions about the Summit. Who can I talk to?
Contact Ann Staudt, Water Rocks! Science Director, via phone (515.294.4878) or email (astaudt@iastate.edu).