Future Water Stewardship and Fact-based Water Policy: An Aquatic Science Education Pathway Model
Abstract
Texas Aquatic Science originated from a project seeking
better ways to educate students about water because of
concern that current education was failing to promote good
decisions about water by adult citizens and political leaders.
A comprehensive water education curriculum was developed
to engage learners from middle school through university
using an education pathway to create water-savvy citizens of
tomorrow who will take personal action to ensure effective
stewardship of water and support evidence-based water
policies. This paper will describe the pathway and present
results of research on the pathway’s effectiveness with
middle and high school students and teachers.
