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Session Proposal: Watershed Moments: Experiential Learning in Hydrologic Sciences (AGU25)

ED029
Watershed Moments: Experiential Learning in Hydrologic Sciences

Session ID#: 252560

Session Description:
Field-based learning and experiential education are powerful tools for teaching the complexity of water systems and can provide a unique environment for students to develop career- and life-long relationships. By stepping outside the classroom and into the field, whether in rivers, wetlands, or across entire watersheds, students build deeper understanding, systems thinking, and a lasting connection to place. This session highlights educational models that use hands-on learning to explore water in the world, from stream monitoring and rafting the watershed to soil investigations and campus-based projects. We invite contributions that showcase experiential courses, course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs), place-based curricula, and student-led field programs in hydrology. Submissions that support early-career educators, expand access to field learning, or offer practical tools for implementation are especially welcome. This session aims to bring together educators, researchers, and program leaders who believe the best way to learn about water is to get in it.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • H - Hydrology
  • SY - Science and Society
Index Terms:

0820 Curriculum and laboratory design [EDUCATION]
0825 Teaching methods [EDUCATION]
0845 Instructional tools [EDUCATION]
1879 Watershed [HYDROLOGY]
Primary Convener:  Kira Waldman, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States and Andy Rost
Conveners:  Lauren Parker, University of California Merced, Merced, United States, Andy Rost, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, United States, Joshua H Viers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Merced, United States and Andy Rost
Student/Early Career Convener:  Kira Waldman, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States and Andy Rost
 
The NSF-NRT Water: Research to Operations (Water-R2O) – Experiential Learning in the U.S. and Abroad (1886431)
Hannah Holcomb, University of Alabama, Alabama Water Institute, Tuscaloosa, United States, Lisa Davis, University of Alabama, Department of Geography and the Environment, Tuscaloosa, United States, Glenn A Tootle, University of Alabama, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Wolfgang Gurgiser, Universität of Innsbruck, Mountain Regions Research Area, Innsbruck, Austria and Steven J Burian, Cooperative Institute for Research to Operations in Hydrology (CIROH), Alabama Water Institute, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, Alabama Water Institute, Tuscaloosa, United States
 
Long Term Influences of Participation in Youth Participatory Science (1901599)
Sara Brock-Contreras, University of Nebraska Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States and Daniel Snow, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Water Science Laboratory, Lincoln, NE, United States
 
CAPACITY BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS TO CONNECT RIVERS, PEOPLE, & SCIENCE THROUGH IMMERSIVE FIELD-BASED EDUCATION (Invited) (1945806)
James Vonesh, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States
 
Hydrology Scavenger Hunt: A Streamside Lesson to Identify and Journal Hydrological Features (1953318)
John Keyantash, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, United States
 
Cultivating Collaborative Water Leaders: Lessons from the Climate Adaptation Science Academy (1955511)
Jack Severson1,2, Cora Cliburn3, Britta L Schumacher4, Kira Waldman5, Daniel Rothberg6, Moises Duran7, Masoumeh Hashemi8, Aneesa Gomez-Cervantes9, Lindsay Murdoch10, Lauren Parker5 and Joshua H Viers11, (1)Secure Water Future, Merced, United States, (2)University of California Merced, Merced, United States, (3)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, United States, (4)Utah State University, Plants, Soils & Climate, Logan, United States, (5)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (6)University of California Davis, Davis, United States, (7)Utah State University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Logan, United States, (8)Utah State University, Plant, Soil & climate, Logan, United States, (9)University of California Los Angeles, Institute of Environment and Sustainability, Los Angeles, United States, (10)UC Davis, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Davis, CA, United States, (11)Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Merced, United States
 
Building Capacity in Water Science Through Experiential Learning: A Decade of The Water Prediction Innovators Summer Institute (1975369)
Julia Masterman1, Emily Clark2, Jordan Stuart Read1, Sagy Cohen3, Lanna Nations4 and Leah Turner5, (1)Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc., Cambridge, United States, (2)Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrological Science, Inc., Arlington, United States, (3)The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, (4)University of Alabama, Alabama Water Institute, Tuscaloosa, United States, (5)Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrological Science, Arlington, United States
 
STRUCTURE FROM MOTION IN GEOSCIENCE EDUCATION: INTEGRATING FIELD SURVEY AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY FOR STREAM ANALYSIS (1994253)
Charles Kaylor, University of Maryland Baltimore County, GES, Baltimore, United States
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