Colorado Project WET
A network of environmental educators, water experts, teachers, and community leaders dedicated to youth education.
Colorado Project WET shapes the next generation of water stewards who will lead efforts to manage and conserve our most vital resource.
Project WET (Water Education Today), is a nationally recognized program dedicated to solving critical environmental challenges by teaching the world about water. In Colorado, we’re proud to offer hands-on, science-based water education resources that empower educators and students to protect our state’s most vital resource.
Colorado Water Education Needs Assessment Survey
Take this brief survey to help the Colorado Water Center gather feedback on current knowledge, preferred learning formats, and topics where additional water education would be most helpful. The results will help inform future educational programs, resources, and outreach efforts that support informed decision-making about Colorado’s water resources.
The Curriculum Is…
Interactive & inquiry-based
Designed to engage pre-K–12 students through exploration and critical thinking.
Standards-aligned
Meets Colorado Academic Standards and activities have been correlated to and reinforce practices integrated within Common Core and Next Generation Science.
Locally relevant
With curriculum adaptations specific to Colorado’s unique watersheds and water challenges.
How It Works
Statewide Network
Colorado Project WET uses a train-the-trainer model to expand water education statewide:
- State coordinator trains regional facilitators
- Facilitators lead workshops for formal and non-formal educators
- Educators bring hands-on water learning to students
This model ensures our curriculum reaches classrooms across Colorado, building a ripple effect of water literacy and stewardship.
What Colorado Project WET offers
- Standards-based Curriculum: Flexible, grade-appropriate lessons from pre-K to high school.
- Educator Workshops: Earn PD credit and leave with ready-to-use materials.
- Partnership Opportunities: Collaborate with water districts, nonprofits, and municipalities.
- Place-Based Learning: Connect students to their local water sources and challenges.
Get Involved
Project WET roles
A variety of roles exist for people and organizations who are interested in becoming part of Colorado’s Project WET network.
Educators
Join a workshop, bring Project WET into your classroom, and inspire the next generation of water leaders.
Partners
Support water literacy in Colorado through sponsorships, partnerships, or co-hosting events.
Facilitators
Lead workshops in your community to benefit your organization, educators and students in becoming more water literate.
Requirements to become a Project WET Facilitator:
- Participation in a Project WET Facilitator Training (see opportunities below).
- Ability to plan, host, and conduct evaluations for at minimum one Project WET workshop each year.
- Access to a physical site or ability to partner with a site to conduct workshops.
Upcoming FREE Facilitator Training Workshops:
- 2026
- Northern Colorado – Completed March 2026
- Virtual Workshops
- Grand Junction | Colorado River Basin: October 22, 2026
- 2027
- Yampa/White/Green River Basin
- Rio Grande Basin
Contact Us
Interested organizations, facilitators, and educators, please fill out the interest form or contact Alex Collopy directly (information below). We’d love to share more information about Project WET from the Colorado Water Center and have you join us in our efforts.
Alex Collopy (she/her)
Colorado Project WET Coordinator
Colorado Water Center
1033 Campus Delivery | Fort Collins, CO 80523
alexandra.collopy@colostate.edu
(970) 491-6523