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Screenshot from WaterWays Evaluating Progress with a photograph and text. In the photograph, two people stand in front of the water, next to a large orange container. The description explains that the photograph depicts Siddhartha and Zoe – science educators at Hudson River Park in New York City – who use a robot drone to scoop plastic out of the water.
Screenshot from WaterWays Evaluating Progress with two illustrations of a neighborhood where a schoolbus drives down a street lined with houses and buildings. Text above the two illustrations asks users to tap the differences they see in the images.
Screenshot from WaterWays Evaluating Progress with an illustration of houses, buildings, trees, and water. Text above the illustration instructs users to drag and drop the puzzle pieces to see how people in the city reduced plastic litter on the ground.
Screenshot from WaterWays Evaluating Progress with an illustration of the ocean with fish swimming, sand, and coral. Below the illustration are colorful circles. Text above the illustration instructs users to use the stickers to show how Chimhe City has improved human health and environmental health.
Screenshot from WaterWays Evaluating Progress with four images. Text above the four images says “Let’s review what you did!” The top left image depicts an illustration of houses, buildings, trees and water. The top right image depicts an illustration of a neighborhood: a schoolbus drives down a street lined with houses and buildings. The bottom left image shows a map of water and land next to a group of people crowding around the ocean. The bottom right image is an illustration of the ocean with fish swimming, sand, and coral.
Illustration of a large sturgeon and small yellow fish and crabs over a colorful map.

WaterWays Evaluating Progress

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Part of the WaterWays series, Evaluating Progress is an augmented reality experience that engages students to present findings like a scientist. Kids sift through data, evaluate how changes impact human and environmental health, and create a poster to cite their findings. Designed for grades 3 through 5 with funding from the National Institutes of Health, Restoring Ecosystems provides 40 minutes of interactive activities and a personalized digital science journal.

What's Included
  • Subscription includes 1 child account under 1 parent account.
  • Personalized digital science journal and an augmented reality experience, accessible by phone or browser using webVR. 
  • 40 minutes of interactive activities where students are scientists engaged with water science and water stewardship.
How to Use It
  • Evaluating Progress works on any laptop, computer, or tablet. The virtual reality part can be accessed as WebVR on any web-enabled device.
  • Kids go through this experience independently reading or using the read-aloud function.
  • Kids will spend a total of approximately 40 minutes observing phenomena, gathering data, answering questions, constructing models, and developing and testing hypotheses.
Why It Works
  • Aligns with Next Generation Science Standards.
  • Piloted with more than 900 children and 40 teachers over two years.
  • Developed in partnership with the Wildlife Conservation Society, Hudson River Park, and the Mount Sinai Transdisciplinary Center on Early Environmental Exposures.
  • In research funded by the National Institutes of Health, 76% of student respondents agreed that WaterWays helped them see themselves as a scientist.

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