June 13, 2003

MoWIN receives grant for web-based classroom project

The Missouri Watershed Information Network has received a $261,000 grant from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for Web-Based Tools for the Classroom: A 319 Pilot Project for Grades 4-8 in Southwest and Northeast Missouri.

During the three-year project, MoWIN will develop interactive web-based instructional materials to support classroom learning about watersheds. "This project is an additional tool for educators to improve science education, library collections and to integrate watershed education with science, social studies and other subjects and to help increase children's awareness of local community natural resources," says Tabitha Madzura, MoWIN director.

The project objectives are to:

• provide information to increase awareness of and encourage participation in watershed stewardship activities
• increase knowledge and understanding about watersheds and their natural resources
• facilitate development of skills to identify and prevent possible non-point source pollution
• encourage participation in watershed restoration activities.

MoWIN is collaborating with the Bryant Watershed Atlas Project volunteers, James River Basin Partnership, Watershed Committee of the Ozarks and Clarence Cannon Wholesale Water Commission. Regional extension specialists interested in participating in the project should contact Madzura via e-mail or at 573-882-0085.

		Eileen Yager, yagere@umsystem.edu Weekly News Editor Last modified: January 08, 2007
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