Mecklenburg Soil and Water Conservation District personnel are available to visit schools at any time throughout the school year to discuss conservation topics related to soil (e.g., soil composition) and water (e.g., water usage).
Presentations include hands-on activities from the following:
Project Food, Land and People
Provides educational resources and promotes approaches
to learning that help educators and students to better
understand the interrelationships among agriculture, the
environment, and the people of the world.
www.enr.state.nc.us/DSWC/pages/foodland.html
Project Wet (Water Education for Teachers)
Promotes awareness, appreciation, knowledge, and
stewardship of water resources. www.projectwet.org
Project Learning Tree (PLT)
PLT is not just about trees. It's out the environment:
land, air, and water. www.plt.org
Project Wild
Prepares young people for decisions affecting people,
wildlife and their shared home, earth.
www.projectwild.org
eco-TIME
Teaching with Industry to Manage the Environment.
This curriculum is designed to be implemented at the
high school level and meets curriculum objectives for
Biology, Environmental Science, and Horticulture.
enviroScape Module
A table top module that illustrates point source and
non-point water pollution.