The Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience is a collaboration between Fairfax County Public Schools and Fairfax County Park Authority. The Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) is a learner-centered framework that focuses on investigations into local environmental issues and leads to informed action. The MWEE program includes engaged learning in both an outdoor and indoor classroom. The program is designed to increase environmental literacy by actively engaging students in building knowledge and meaning through hands-on experiences. In these experiences, the core ideas and practices of multiple disciplines are applied to make sense of the relationships between the natural world and society. MWEEs help connect students with their local environment and equip them to make decisions and take actions that contribute to stronger, sustainable and equitable communities.
The Fairfax County Park Authority offers MWEE programs to 4th, 5th and 7th grade students. Please see more information regarding our MWEE programs and contacts below.