Sound & Source is a customized, watershed-based extension to our successful boat-based Sea Investigators program.  Through Sound & Source, Salish works with participating schools to develop additional longer-term inquiry opportunities and field-based science projects, allowing students to connect with their local watershed as they repeat the process of designing and conducting their own field investigations closer to home. 

Sound & Source offers:
   - Customized curriculum development for watershed research and integration with
      current teaching objectives
   - Access to sampling equipment and field resources
   - Staff consultation and additional classroom visits
   - “Mini-grants” to students and teachers to help meet logistical needs
   - End-of-year Student Science Symposium where student delegations will present their
      research to Sound and Source peers, local scientists, and the community.  

For registered schools, please visit our Source page for forms, and other relevant information.

Sound and Source is a program of NOAA's Bay-Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) initiative. Read the press release..

Salish Sea Expeditions at National B-WET Conference in Washington, D.C.

In July 2009, Salish staff traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in NOAA's first-ever national Bay-Watershed Education and Training (B-WET) conference. For three days, B-WET grantees from around the country shared presentations and resources for implementing Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences (MWEE's) for students, teachers, schools, districts, and communities. 

Salish staff had the honor of giving a talk about the Sound and Source program as an example of Pacific Northwest B-WET in action!  A highlight for all was meeting Dr. Jane Lubchenco, current Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere & NOAA Administrator.  Read an ARTICLE about the conference.

Jenny, Bob Steelquist (Education and Outreach Coordinator, Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary), Stephen, Traci Price (Director, Healthy Waters Institute), Jane Lubchenco, Ph.D., Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere serving as administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Lisa Eschenbach, project manager Pacific Education Institute, Dr. Margaret Tudor, co-executive Director Pacific Education Institute

Conference Resources:
   - National B-WET Conference Poster - Salish's Sound & Source overview presented at the conference
   - National B-WET Conference Sound & Source Presentation - Salish staff's presentation during the conference
   - NOAA's Pacific Northwest B-WET Overview - NOAA B-WET's overview of the Pacific Northwest region efforts
   - NOAA's 2008 Pacific Northwest Grantees Overview - NOAA B-WET's summary of the inaugural Pacific Northwest grantees and their programs. [Info about 2009 grantees to be published soon!]

Salish Sea Student Science Symposium

June 4, 2010 ~ Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle
Visit our Symposium webpage to see our past Sound & Source students' research presentations!

   End-of-year Student Science Symposium where student delegations present their research to Sound and Source peers, local scientists, and the community.  

For more information about Sound & Source, or the Salish Sea Student Science Symposium, please contact Kristen Washer, Program Coordinator, at kristen@salish.org  Download Sound and Source overview for Teachers.

Sound & Source - Spring 2009

Download our Overview of 2009 Sound and Source Schools to read more about the ongoing student research projects.
View our interactive map of Puget Sound showing students' field investigation sites.

Participating Groups:
  - Academy of Citizenship & Empowerment (Tyee)
  - Bainbridge High School
  - Cascade Middle School
  - Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition - EJ Youth Corps
  - Mt. Baker Middle School
  - Odyssey Middle School
  - Rainier Beach High School
  - Vista Academy