Stormwater runoff can pick up and carry pollutants over impervious surfaces and get discharged directly into local bodies of water. The goal of this project was to spread awareness on the impacts of stormwater by supporting local fifth grade teachers at Shrewsbury, Holden, Charlton, and Hopkinton by interviewing stakeholders and building off of existing curriculum while complying with the Next Generation Science Standards. A 5th Grade Watershed Unit was developed and will become a viable resource for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Central Massachusetts Regional Stormwater Coalition, the Think Blue Campaign, and the fifth grade science teachers at the project schools.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Hoag, Daniel Denton
• Field, Connor J.
• Chipman, Brendan Daniel
• Doherty, Louis Francis

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042819-184341

Keyword

• Urban and Environmental Planning

Advisor

• Gaudette, Glenn R.
• Jiusto, Scott

Year

• 2019

Center

• Worcester Community Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• CMRCS

Date created

• 2019-04-28

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright