Watershed Stories

Learners Exploring Their Place in the Ecosystem

A GIS map of Duluth, MN marked with a star at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School.

Funded by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), "Watershed Stories" grounds STEM learning about the watershed through the engagement of personal inquiry and story. 

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Teachers at Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School in Duluth, Minnesota, were trained to use GIS Story Maps with their students in order to explore their schoolyard and its connection to the watershed. Teachers also explored a model for art/design-led, place-based, experiential environmental education called Earth Systems Journey (ESJ) developed by MDC's Jonee Brigham, -- part of the interdisciplinary team led by education faculty Jennifer Frisch out of U of MN - Duluth.