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Model My Watershed

Model My Watershed lets students run the same professional-grade stormwater and land-use models that working hydrologists use, applied to real data for any address in the lower 48 states. Students can compare how a proposed development or a conservation project would change runoff and water quality in their own neighborhood.

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What you will find there

  • Real land-use and soil data for any location in the lower 48 states, pulled automatically by address
  • A stormwater runoff and water-quality model students can run on that real data
  • A scenario comparison tool for testing conservation versus development changes to the same watershed
  • A standalone Runoff Simulation tool isolating how land use and soil type affect infiltration versus runoff
  • NGSS-aligned curricula and teacher guides at wikiwatershed.org/curricula/

Our take

The tool gives classrooms free access to professional-grade water models, and running it on a student's own neighborhood connects the analysis to a familiar place. It takes real setup time to learn the interface well enough to teach it confidently.

Pairs well with our materials