The Water Quality Curriculum is running smoothly the second time around. I have decided to do the same curriculum in my Biology I class at the beginning of next year with a focus on helping kids improve organization, reading, and higher level thinking skills. Thank you for all of your support with this curriculum.
Lisa Trottier, South Upqua High School biology teacher

As teachers we are often guilty of telling kids that isn't the "right" answer. I think Hydroville did a really masterful job of getting kids to look at something, and the kids got to the point where they could say, "I got good evidence where this could be true".
Linda Barry, Skyview High School chemistry teacher

The curriculum is innovative, research-based, and relevant to problems in society. Students will be motivated to learn by becoming engaged in their role as problem solvers.
Creswell High School teacher

I learned that teamwork can be a powerful combination to complete such a big job, and I think that is why these people in real life get this done so easily. This, to me, was a really good assignment for people to work together and I think we should do things like Hydroville more often.
Hydroville student

A lot of kids when they feel that initial frustration think, "Well, I will just wait and let someone else get the answer, and I will just copy it." They discovered that if they could just be patient, they could actually find out for themselves. They have a little more confidence in their own ability to problem solve.
Woodburn Success High School teacher

Hydroville offered a way to integrate language arts, social studies, and science - an opportunity not often found at the 9th -  12th grade level.
Reynolds High School teacher

Our attendance went up and I think that a lot of students really took on a lot of responsibilities for themselves to make sure that they were impressing their peers, and that they were impressing us. There was a lot of talk of the kids wanting to be the best group and do better than everybody else. They took a lot of pride in what they did. One student said this was the first time that they felt good about something that they produced as a group. They really had a lot of ownership of what they produced.
Woodburn Success High School teacher

Aside from content knowledge, I think the two strongest points of this curriculum is the teamwork aspect and the confidence and self-knowledge students get from "slaying the dragons" that stand between them and doing the presentation at the end. And to see them all pull-together; I think it goes a lot deeper than teamwork. They shine in Hydroville!
Springfield Young Parent Program teacher

Teamwork, strategy, learning, frustration, cooperation, challenge, laughter, and fun, what are all these words describing? The Hydroville Project we have been working on for three months.
Hydroville student