The WaterShed exhibit is the original educational project of the WaterShed Partners. Its interactive exhibits provide learning opportunities about metropolitan watersheds, and about people's connections to rivers and other waters through everyday actions in watersheds.
The WaterShed Partners have 3 different exhibit components available for use in their communities!! The components can be used alone, or together for a larger event. Each component will help the WaterShed Partners expand the reaches of watershed education in the Twin Cities area and the messages of the individual Partners. The components are:
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What is Your Watershed Address?
Table 2 has a map of the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area with puzzle pieces that you lift to reveal the name of the watershed in which you live. Graphic panels give more information and depict the larger watersheds within the entire United States |
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Your Street Flows to the River
Table 3 exemplifies the problems of and solutions for our everyday activities in our own yard and driveway, and how they can impact the entire watershed. Many people are unaware that the water that flows into the storm drains in the streets goes directly to the lakes and rivers of their community and carries with it the pollutants that cause the lakes and streams to become fouled.
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Your Street Connects to Lakes and Rivers
What goes down the drain can pollute our water! This is the message of our new display, which illustrates how storm drains are connected with lakes and rivers. People can interact with this display by rolling a ball from the "storm drain" on the picture down to the "river." It highlights what things are harmful to dump down the drain, and yard waste to keep out of the streets. Comes with a user manual for presentation ideas.
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EnviroScapes - Interactive, portable models that dramatically demonstrates water pollution - and its prevention in an urban environment. Enviroscape models are intended for use in classroom settings by people who are familiar with their use. The Urban EnviroScape is available for check-out through the MNRRA. Contact Brian Goodspeed at 651-290-3030 (x297)
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Enviroscape Nonpoint Source Model
MS4 Toolkit:
This toolkit was designed to help you educate citizens, businesses, municipal staff and elected officials in your community about non-point source water pollution. Within this toolkit you will find sample brochures, newsletter articles, posters, videos and more to help you teach people about water resource issues. For many of the education materials, you can also download an editable version, which you can modify to include information about your MS4 entity and locally specific water resource concerns. |
Enviroscape Wetlands Model
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Watershed Education iMacs:
 Learn the story of water pollution from a frog!
Irresistible Alex, a sixfoot hip-hopping frog, introduces the causes
of non-point runoff pollution in urban settings — as only a frog
can! Six modules introduce a watershed landscape perspective and
provide information about the impacts of impervious surfaces and
pollution problems and solutions common to residential lots.This
media-rich CD-ROM also profiles two citizen stewardship projects and
features an unforgettable music video.This program is the perfect
story of the hazards of pollution for students and families alike! |
To check exhibit availbility, see check-out calendar
To reserve an exhibit, fill out and fax us this form.
To reserve the MNRRA/National Park kiosk, please contact them at 651-290-3030 x232
