CURRICULUM

Project SWELL teaches students in participating districts about the importance of San Diego County’s waterways and human-water interaction through a well-balanced, comprehensive, hands-on water quality and pollution prevention curriculum. This unique San Diego-based education program educates students about pollution prevention and how their participation can help to improve the health of our ocean and waterways. Curriculum is standards-based and supporting materials may be borrowed from San Diego Coastkeeper by request. 

Project SWELL is meant to be taught as a unit with all lessons included. Teachers are encouraged to download or view the entire curriculum. A hard copy of these lessons is available as part of a SWELL classroom kit. 

Explore and request the curriculum below:

Kindergarten: Clean Water in San Diego
1ST Grade: Water Everywhere
2ND GRADE: WATER AND EARTH MATERIALS IN SAN DIEGO
GRADES 3 AND 4: WATER AND SAN DIEGO ECOSYSTEMS
5TH GRADE EARTH SCIENCE: WATER IN SAN DIEGO
6TH GRADE EARTH SCIENCE: SAN DIEGO WATERSHEDS