Using proven educational practices, teachers and administrators are trained to use a school's surroundings and the community as a framework to build programs which enhance students' general learning skills, disciplinary knowledge, thinking and problem-solving skills, and basic life skills including cooperation and interpersonal communication.
Watersheds are landforms surrounded by mountains that serve as a basin to drain a river system.
These landforms make ideal study tools because their patterns of change, scale, structure, and system interactions can be easily observed. Since every community has a watershed, program adaptation is simple and convenient for most schools. With over five years of development, MSP's proven educational strategy uses watersheds for practical, application of concepts in local monitoring and restoration projects. The increased confidence gained also inspires students to make a difference in their communities. The Think Blue campaign is designed to generate awareness and action among county residents to help prevent storm drain pollution.