Congratulations! You have now completed the MWEE 101 course. In lesson 3 we:
- Developed a deeper understanding of the Environmental Literacy Model (ELM)
- Used the Audit Tool to evaluate the case study's ELM
Looking for more ELM examples? Check out the ELMs shared on Bay Backpack. Learn about MWEE efforts in your area by connecting with your local NOAA B-WET region.
Please continue to the next page to see the MWEE reflection questions for this lesson.
MWEE Toolboxes
MWEE Toolboxes
For more information, visit the NOAA website >
- An Educator's Guide to the Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE)
- Guía para educadores/as de Experiencias Educativas en Cuencas Hidrográficas (MWEE)
- A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas
- MWEE Planning Tools Toolbox: The Planning Tools Toolbox has resources you can use to help plan a MWEE.
- Planning tools include:
- Think Cloud (PDF, 59 KB)
- Incorporating Outdoor Field Experiences (PDF, 117 KB)
- Environmental Literacy Model (PDF, 112 KB)
- Audit Tool (PDF, 347 KB)
- Planning tools include:
- MWEE Student Worksheet Toolbox: The Student Worksheets Toolbox has resources you can use to help guide student-directed learning. These resources are designed to be used by or with students and can be printed out and used as worksheets, or you could enlarge them and create a collaborative working space in your classroom.
- Student worksheets include:
- Asking Questions and Planning Investigations (PDF, 77 KB)
- Claim, Evidence, Reasoning (PDF, 81 KB)
- Moving from Claims to Informed Action (PDF, 76 KB)
- Choosing an Action Project (PDF, 147 KB)
- Environmental Action Planning (PDF, 314 KB)
- Student worksheets include: