Goals

By the end of this workshop, we hope to compile a list of initial concepts and identify next steps to develop a new (fresh)water literacy framework document. Specifically, participants will

• Become familiar the current state of water literacy research and water-related K-12 science standards.
• Identify the elements of the Big Ideas-Supporting Concepts framework documents and gain perspective on best practices in developing these documents.
• Contribute and synthesize ideas for a new water literacy framework document.
• Develop next-steps and a plan to move forward

Pre-Assignment

• Please review the resources and links provided to familiarize yourself with the "Big Ideas & Supporting Concepts" (alternatively: "Essential Principles & Fundamental Concepts") framework for literacy documents, as well as review the 7 Essential Principles for Water Literacy developed by Project WET.
• Please think about specific supporting concepts as well as what's missing from the existing documents that should be included in a water literacy framework document.

Program

Participant Workspace
(limited access)

(Program starts at 12pm PT / 1pm MT / 2pm CT / 3pm ET; times below are represented as hour:minute to standardize among time zones)

0:00-0:10 Welcome, overview of workshop & online strategy

0:10-0:50 Panel presentations

• State of water literacy research (Acrobat (PDF) 1.6MB Jul13 20) - Hillary Hamman and Meghan McCarroll, University of Denver
• Water-related K-12 science standards (Acrobat (PDF) 179kB Jul13 20) - Corey Forbes, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• Project WET & 7 Essential Principles (Acrobat (PDF) 1.6MB Jul14 20) - Julia Beck, Project WET
• Lessons from other literacy documents (Acrobat (PDF) 220kB Jul13 20) - Kim Kastens, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

0:50-1:05 Individual brainstorming and concept contributions in GroupMap

1:05-1:50 Break-out groups around GroupMaps

1:50-2:20 Full group discussion:

• Share one provocative idea from your group
• Group discussion and planning for next steps

2:20-2:30 Wrap-up and evaluation

Resources

• Earth Science Literacy Initiative & Framework Documents: http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org/
• Ocean Literacy: Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts of Ocean Sciences for Learners of all Ages: http://oceanliteracy.wp2.coexploration.org/ and http://www.coexploration.org/oceanliteracy/documents/OceanLitChart.pdf
• Great Lakes Literacy (2018): Essential Principles and Fundamental Concepts for Great Lakes Learning, from the Center for Great Lakes Literacy: https://www.cgll.org/for-educators/great-lakes-literacy-principles/
• Principles and Concepts for Estuaries 101: The Big Ideas and Essential Details Students should Learn about Estuaries, from NOAA's Office for Coastal Management: https://coast.noaa.gov/data/estuaries/pdf/estuary-principles-and-concepts.pdf
• Project WET (Water Education Today): https://www.projectwet.org/; scroll down on this page to view the 7 Water Literacy Principles developed by Project WET: https://www.projectwet.org/what-we-do

Links mentioned in chat during the session:

• Earth Education for Sustainable Societies Workshop
• Special Issue of Water journal focused on Water Literacy and Education: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water/special_issues/Water_Literacy
• Water Literacy Ladder - https://nadc.ca/Docs/Water-literacy-report-presentation.pdf
• Special issue on Water in the Native World, edited by Dr. Chief - https://www.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1936-704X.2020.03328.x
• Cory Forbes' site - National Collaborative for Research on Food, Energy, and Water Education
• Example of a link Cross-walk
• Project Wet
  • Project Wet principles (see bottom of the page)
• GroupMaps (the tool we used during this session)

Group Maps from workshop participants (click images to enlarge):

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