Welcome to Teach The Columbia!
Teach The Columbia (TTC) is a curriculum package meant to help educators engage their students with many dimensions of the Columbia River watershed — past, present, and future. To access all the full curriculum package, simply sign up for Teach the Columbia updates and you’ll be sent a password.
Did you know we offer an annual Teach the Columbia field course for educators? Applications open now!
Wildsight hopes to support a future in which more and more Basin residents are knowledgeable about the watershed they live in, and the issues affecting it. For over a decade, we have administered and delivered the Columbia Basin Trust program, Know Your Watershed, for middle school students. This program encourages students to learn where their water comes from, how it is used in their community, and how we are all connected in the Columbia Basin.
Teach The Columbia was inspired by the Columbia River Field School program, our 15-day, Board Approved and accredited field course. While we believe it is important to offer this immersive experience to keen Basin youth, we also know that many more students should have an opportunity to learn about these important topics.
Teach The Columbia (TTC) is primarily intended for high school students, but includes lesson extensions suitable for college courses as well. It currently includes 11 lesson plans split into four different cross-curricular modules, which can be accessed and downloaded for free. The lessons are intended to be flexible and adaptable; use all eleven or pick and choose individual lessons. Each lesson includes an overview, guiding questions, learning goals, materials and suggested preparation, detailed instructions, an appendix, BC curriculum links, and optional extensions.
To access all the full curriculum package, simply sign up for Teach the Columbia updates and you’ll be sent a password.
We hope you will find these lessons to be fun and impactful for you and your students!
CONTACT:
Please fill out the Teach The Columbia Google Form Survey with your comments and questions, or contact Graeme Lee Rowlands
SIGN UP for Teach the Columbia news and events to stay informed on all the latest from this program, including upcoming workshop opportunities for teachers!
Wildsight thanks the Arjay R. and Frances F. Miller Foundation, the Columbia Basin Trust, the Province of B.C., the Real Estate Foundation of BC, the Recreational Canoe Association of BC, and School District 8 for making the Columbia River Field School and Teach the Columbia possible.
