Minigrants available for Watershed Education Supplies and Tools

Teachers and out-of-school program leaders are invited to apply for a minigrant to reimburse purchases of watershed education supplies and tools. This minigrant is intended to help equip teachers who want to bring their students outside to do hands-on watershed studies. The South Dakota Discovery Center seeks to fund purchases that will result in high quality learning. Purchases that support a citizen science or project based learning activity are encouraged.

 This is the preferred list of supplies and tools but if you make a compelling case, we may be open to funding your idea.

• CoCoRAHS compliant rain gauges
• GLOBE compliant tools for hydrology, soils,some atmosphere and earth system monitoring. Please see this list of preferred supplies which are highlighted in yellow. List (PDF) Many items are available through La Motte, Carolina, Forestry Suppliers and Acorn Naturalists.
• World Water Monitoring Challenge monitoring supplies. GLOBE supplies suggested. Note: If you wish to use the WWMC kits, please view this training and complete the form.
  • Dissolved Oxygen kits
  • T-tubes
  • pH meters or strips
  • Thermometers
• Macroinvertebrate Monitoring
  • D net
  • Kick net - 500 micron mesh
  • Assorted supplies - Petri dishes, pipettes, magnifying glasses, ice cube trays ($100 maximum)
• Community trash pick ups and collection supplies
• Supplies and tools for Journey North investigations

Application

Applications are reviewed on a quarterly basis, on the change of the season. Funding notifications will be provided within 10 days. Complete the application

No purchases made before funding notification will be reimbursed.