I am a teacher. How can a river or beach cleanup be integrated into our classwork?
Stream, river and beach cleanups can be an important part of a meaningful watershed educational experience. CVW has written “Virginia’s Water Resources: A Tool for Teachers” which has several lesson plans that are built around a waterway cleanup. Students can learn about the impact of litter, math and classification skills, graphing and charting skills, and much more based on the data they collect during a cleanup. Your class, school or ecology club can have their own cleanup event in a waterway near your school. The data collected by students can also be sent to CVW for inclusion in our statewide data base. For a Sign Up Form that you can print out, see the link above.
