The Watershed Education Program is an interdisciplinary environmental education program developed by the Westport River Watershed Alliance. Originally designed to compliment existing school curriculum within the boundaries of the watershed of the Westport River, WEP has been adapted for use within the Buzzards Bay watershed. WEP incorporates the philosophies of the Partnerships Advancing Learning in Math and Science (PALMS) initiative and the recommendations of the Massachusetts Science Curriculum Frameworks into a series of curricula kits, teacher guides, workshops, and field studies.

The main emphasis of the primary grade (K-2) kits is environmental awareness; for grades 3-5, the kits' focus shifts to introduce man's interrelationship with the environment and his impact on nature. Middle School kits (grades 6-8) focus on the economic value of the watershed's resources to the region as well as pollution and its impact on the water quality of the river and ground water.Each kit contains a teacher's guide, hands-on materials, posters, working models and background information.

The components and materials included in each kit are designed to build upon the concepts introduced through a kit in the preceding year. For example, in kindergarten the kit focuses on marine and aquatic environment. In grade 1, students then learn about the plants and animals inhabiting aquatic habitats.

Enveloped within each topic are concepts which are repeated two or three times during the student's school career, enabling introduction of more complex aspects of issues in the upper grade levels.