Blue Teams
Classroom Programs and Stewardship Project Series for Grades K-12
Nature Vision offers Blue Teams, or student stewardship projects funded by our water sponsors. Now available in-person or as remote learning! Blue Teams are groups of kindergarden-12th grade students who commit to taking on and completing a watershed stewardship project. Students complete projects such as invasive plant removal, native plant restoration, planting waterwise gardens, finding and fixing leaks, and much more.
The Blue Team program was developed to educate local youth about water resources and related ecosystems, foster sustainable stewardship values and practices in the community through hands-on youth projects, and to empower youth to take positive steps to improve their local environment.
Blue Teams receive Nature Vision’s help in planning, preparing for, and executing their projects at school or at an off-campus project site, as well as regular teacher consultations via phone or email. Teachers/Instructors may register their class or youth group to become a team, and Nature Vision staff will help each team to design a watershed stewardship project. Staff will visit the students multiple times to teach inquiry-based programs, giving the students the knowledge and help they will need to successfully complete and understand the value of their project.
Bellevue Utilities (grades 3-8), Cascade Water Alliance (grades K-12), City of Bothell (grades K-12), and Kirkland Public Works (grades K-12) Blue Teams are available! Cascade teams now available with community science extension.
Community Science Blue Teams are now available as well! Sign up for a pre-made series of 8 programs that culminate in assisting with water quality research, or extend your own customized Blue Team with Nature Vision’s 3-part Community Science program.
King County Flood Control District sponsored Blue Teams are available for 3-12th grade students in schools in the Riverview and Snoqualmie Valley School District! See a video of our work here. Download the fliers for your grade level:
Grades 3-5 Grades 6-8 Grades 9-12
