SWATGenXEducation
Interactive water lessons
Short, hands-on lessons about where water goes — each one driven by real SWATGenX model output, not canned animation. Every number's source is shown on the page. New lessons are added as we generate them from our simulations.
- Real model output
- Every number sourced
- A growing collection
Most explanations of the water cycle are diagrams that could describe anywhere. These are different: each lesson runs on the actual output of a SWATGenX model of a real place, so the splits you watch — how much rain runs off, soaks in, recharges the aquifer, or returns as baseflow — are the numbers the model produced, labeled with where they came from.
It is the same platform that builds SWAT+ models for any US watershed, turned toward teaching: we take a finished simulation and let you play with what it means.
The lessons
Two interactive journeys are live now, plus the long-form guide that hosts the PFAS animation. Pick one and press play.
More lessons in development
This is a growing collection. As our simulations produce results worth walking through, we turn them into lessons. These are the topics we are actively building — driven, like the rest, by our own model output rather than stock illustration.
Want to see the science these lessons come from? Explore the PFAS fate & transport guide, the Florida nonpoint-source showcase, or the methodology behind every model.
Build the model behind a lesson
Every lesson starts as a real SWAT+ model. You can generate one for any US watershed — free with an account — and see the same water balance for your own basin.