The Water Rocks! Summit is a professional development workshop that offers training on a multitude of hands-on, interactive educational modules to help teach classroom lessons on water, soil, agriculture, environmental science, and more. Attendees will also have the opportunity to further their technical understanding of agricultural and environmental issues related to these topics through talks by several Iowa State University faculty and staff working in these fields.
Upcoming Water Rocks! Summit dates are as follows...
K-12 classroom teachers:
- June 20-21, 2018
- Detailed Information about June 2018 Teacher Summit
- Application for June 2018 Teacher Summit
Extension educators, naturalists, STEM coordinators (non-formal classroom teachers):
- December 12, 2017
- Invitation only -- we are not currently accepting applications for this workshop.
This cooperative project has been funded in part through the Section 319 of the Clean Water Act. Partners of Water Rocks! include Iowa Department of Natural Resources (United States Environmental Protection Agency), Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, Iowa Water Center, Iowa Learning Farms, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, and personal gifts of support.