DELTA Educational Outreach Opportunities for 2024-2025
Hello All!
The DELTA (Developing Environmental Literacy, Taking Action) education program was developed for grades 6 – 8, emphasizing student interactions with scientists that work in the Delta through hands-on scientific investigations, and evidence-based explanations for discoveries. It's hoped that this program will provide students in the region, as well as their families, with information about the important role that science plays in managing Delta water for the state's people and its environment.
The curriculum meets California standards for science and English-Language Arts, with different emphases for each grade level:
- 6th: Introduction to California's water infrastructure and how it works (tentative timeframe is January or early February 2025)
- 7th: Ecosystem monitoring with an interactive field component (tentatively scheduled during the week of September 9th, 2024. Many volunteers are needed due to the field component.)
- 8th: Invasive species and environmental DNA monitoring (tentative timeframe is March or April 2025)
Please fill out our DELTA Education Program Volunteer Interest Survey form if you would like to volunteer.
Thank you!
The DELTA Team
Sarah Brown, PhD
Senior Environmental Scientist (Supervisor)
sarah.brown@water.ca.gov
Division of Integrated Science & Engineering
California Department of Water Resources
Mobile: (279) 386-6084