Portfolio
The DCNR Watershed Education (WE) Portfolio is a five-part unit in which students build and gather information on different aspects of their watershed. These WE Portfolios provide teachers with a valid student assessment tool.
Five of the WE lessons are a part of the Watershed Portfolio…
- Watershed Delineation
- Watershed Character Statement
- Stream Walk and Mapping
- Journaling
- Watershed Tour
To create their portfolios, students will…
- Delineate their watershed
- Determine stream order
- Write their watershed address
- Develop a character statement
- Map their stream study site
- Survey their stream study site
- Develop Watershed Journals
- Tour their Watershed
Student Portfolios should include…
- Watershed map with tributaries and influencing land uses labeled
- Watershed address
- Water flow chart
- Watershed character statement
- Water basin character statement
- Stream survey datasheet(s)
- Journal entries
- Watershed tour worksheet(s)
Classroom Portfolios should include…
- Watershed map delineation
- Master watershed character statement
- Water basin character statement
- Stream maps
- Master stream survey datasheet
- Master watershed tour worksheet(s)
- Photos and/or video
- Resource materials and information