Lake Houston Watershed Project Based Learning
Page Navigation
- Overview
- LHWPBL in the News
- Harvey Heroes: The Lake Houston Watershed PBL Initiative
- 1st Grade: Gulp Gulp - Where Did the Water Go?
- 2nd Grade: What Does the Fish Say?
- 3rd Grade and High School Chemistry: What's in Our Water?
- 5th Grade and High School Chemistry: You Want Me to Drink WHAT? Where Does the Water Go?
- 6th Grade: It's Not the Same River: Changes in the West Fork of the San Jacinto River
- 7th Grade: Hurricane Harvey-When the Waters Receded, Was There More Than Just Wet Soil Left Behind?
- High School Chemistry and 5th Grade: Chemical and Physical Properties and the Lake Houston Watershed
- High School AP Environmental Science: Water Quality in the Lake Houston Watershed
The Lake Houston Watershed Project Based Learning Initiative
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In August 2017, Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of Humble ISD, gutting 16,000 homes, 3,300 businesses and Kingwood High School. A year later, the buildings are restored, but the recovery and healing is ongoing. Funded by a grant from the Humble ISD Education Foundation, 13 campuses, 18 teachers, and over 1500 K-12 students have been working on campus project based learning units in which students develop projects to learn about our local environment, to explore the dynamics of the flood, and to restore and protect the Lake Houston and San Jacinto River Watersheds. Use #LHWPBL on Twitter to search for what's currently happening with our projects across the district!
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Goals:
- Generate urgency in teachers to learn about and use authentic Project Based Learning.
- Promote Project Based Learning across vertical and horizontal teams by focusing on a relevant community issue.
- Have a positive impact on our community using Project Based Learning to address a relevant community issue.
Who can participate?
Humble ISD teachers and their students who want to contribute to this project are welcome to do so! Any content area can join in, as long as the resulting projects somehow relate to the community’s experiences with Hurricane Harvey and our mission to learn about, restore, and protect the Lake Houston Watershed.
Is funding available?
The Humble ISD Education Foundation grant covers some expenses for teachers who participate. However, teachers don’t need funding to join in, learn about PBL, and generate some great student learning! There are also other options for funding, such as the Humble Education Foundation Wish List for teachers.
What projects are students working on in our district?
Check out the links at the left for a description of each project going on in Humble ISD.
Who do I contact for more information?
Kathleen Goerner, Secondary Science Coordinator, kathleen.goerner@humbleisd.net 713-641-8346
