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Austin Watershed Protection — Youth Education

Austin's Watershed Protection Department runs a graded sequence of free water programs: Clean Creek Campus for grades 3-8, a multi-day Earth Camp for fifth graders at Title I schools, an on-campus Earth School presentation, and Watershed Detectives for middle and high school. A groundwater curriculum and runoff-model kits are also available for classroom use.

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What you will find there

  • Clean Creek Campus for grades 3-8, free science-based water-quality activities connecting classroom learning to local streams
  • Earth Camp, a multi-day, field-trip-based water-quality program for fifth graders at Title I schools in Austin ISD
  • Earth School, an on-campus hands-on presentation on watersheds, the Edwards Aquifer, water quality, and flood safety for fifth grade
  • Watershed Detectives for middle and high school students, investigating local water resources
  • A groundwater curriculum, soak-in/runoff model kits, and educator training available for classroom use

Our take

Earth Camp focuses on Title I fifth-grade classrooms and uses a multi-day, field-based format, and the department offers programs from elementary through high school. This program is run by Austin's Watershed Protection Department rather than Austin Water, the drinking-water utility, and it covers stormwater and stream health more than treated drinking water, so pair it with a treatment-focused resource for that topic.

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