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Prince William Soil and Water Conservation Districts' Education Mission:

We will improve the local and downstream water quality for the future and reduce soil loss in our community by educating youth about the importance of natural resources. They will learn how to sustain a healthy environment that balances human, plant, and animal needs for habitat.

A testimonial from one of our educator clients. "The Prince William Soil and Water Conservation District has been a valuable tool that has helped me enhance classroom lessons and generate excitement with my students. Lessons and supplies are prepared for you and directly reinforce the Virginia Standards of Learning. They are all so willing to help and have always been a pleasure to work with." Dena Caracciolo, 3rd grade teacher at Jennie Dean Elementary, City of Manassas School District.

We offer our services to all Prince William County, City of Manassas, private, home-school educators. We will be happy to enhance your curriculum with our classroom presentations and "capsules to-go" programs. See below for the programs we offer and submit the Education Program Request Form.

Teacher Newsletters

You should be receiving the monthly teacher newsletters through your school Intranet. If you would like to receive a direct electronic copy please email Laurie Raines, Education Specialist.

Program scheduling:

Programming for the spring season is ongoing. To schedule a program or capsule checkout, submit the Education Program Request Form. Upon receipt the Education Specialist will confirm your request by email.

The environmental science and natural resource conservation education programs are available as either a Classroom Presentation (CP) or a self-contained Conservation Capsule (CC). The following are offered to Prince William County, City of Manassas Schools Districts, home schools and other groups located in Prince William County.

Classroom Presented programs are offered on Tuesday through Friday during the school year. Conservation Capsules to-go programs are available at any time with a week's notice.

Click on program name below for SOL and complete description.

PROGRAM NAME/GRADE	CLASSROOM PRESENTATION (CP) or CONSERVATION CAPSULE (CC)
Classroom Presented Programs (CP): All classroom presented programs are 45-60 minutes.
Build an Ecosystem	2nd Grade
Plant Anatomy	4th & 5th Grade - Master Gardener presented - 2 day program
Soils	3rd Grade
Watershed Enviroscape Model	K - Adult
Weathering and Erosion	2nd & 5th Grades
Who Polluted the Bay?	K & 1st Grade

Our Conservation Library includes the following Conservation Capsules. Each Capsule comes with a lesson plan and is full of resources, books, videos, and/or handouts to use to round out your classroom curriculum. Conservation Capsules may be borrowed for up to one week and will be delivered to your school via School Courier or you make other arrangements. You may check out any of the capsules regardless of grade level designations.
Conservation Capsules To-Go (CC):
A Drop in the Bucket	6th Grade & up
Blue Planet	6th Grade & up
Build an Ecosystem	2nd Grade
Incredible Journey	3rd Grade
Introduction to Natural Resources	1st Grade
Land Beneath Your Feet	9th Grade
Plant Anatomy	4th & 5th Grades
Plants of the Powhatan	2nd & 4th Grades
Regions of Virginia	4th Grade
Soils	3rd Grade
Sum of the Parts	4th Grade
Tree Talk	1st Grade
Virginia Natural Resources	4th Grade
Water Cycle	2nd Grade
Watershed Enviroscape Model	K - Adult
Weathering and Erosion	2nd & 5th Grades
Who Polluted the Bay?	K & 1st Grade

Field Experience Programs
Grades K-5 programs are 30-60 minutes long We are introducing Field Experience Programs. Our instructors will meet your class outside for a shcoolyard Un-Natural Hike or an Introduction to Schoolyard Ecology. These on-site field trips are available for grade levels K-5, and will tie into the Life Process and Living Systems SOL strands. On-site field trips will require extra Parent Assistant Leaders (PALs) to help out. They will last approximately 45 minutes. Each field experience will be unique, incorporating the natural and manmade aspects of the landscape, along with weather conditions/seasonal influences to explain interrelationships of plants, animals, soils, and man. They will be guided by the questions and observations of each class. Field experiences are a memorable way to introduce or reinforce SOL concepts.

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Program scheduling:

Grades K-5 programs are 30-60 minutes long