Our approach
Ripple Effect works with partners to define water literacy as an educational framework for coastal environments, and to enact that vision through curriculum and teacher training.
We rely on three strategies to guide this work.
Ripple Effect works with partners to define water literacy as an educational framework for coastal environments, and to enact that vision through curriculum and teacher training.
We rely on three strategies to guide this work.
Our inquiry-based curriculum integrates the scientific and social system of water in a particular region and investigates those systems through a multitude of personal and professional perspectives.
We develop strategic partnerships with science, education and humanities-based research organizations with expertise and resources that inform the vision, content, or classroom practice of water literacy education.
We create, and continually improve, water literacy curriculum and teacher-training products using data from scholarly research, real classrooms, and biological field stations.
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Contact usWe partner with K-12 teachers, water experts, and storytellers to bring real-world water issues to life through inquiry-based, teacher-approved science curriculum.
Co-develop and field-test new curricular units with Ripple Effect and provide in-classroom models for inquiry-based pedagogy, to help new teachers visualize the curriculum in-action.
Ensure that the science and engineering concepts behind current water issues are properly framed and grounded in the most current research and practice.
Designers, filmmakers, journalists, and community members help produce story-driven anchoring phenomena that reflect the lived experiences of real communities in coastal environments.