water resources education - abcwua education pamphlet final.pdf · grade 4 — dirty to drinkable:...
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Our In-class Presentations:• Includefun,hands-onactivities• Arecustomizedforeachgradelevel• Lastabout45minutes• Correlatetostandardsandbenchmarks• Includeextensionactivities• ArealwaysFREE!
Oureducatorsbringeverything,makeamess,teachsomething,cleanup,andleaveonlysmiles(andsomefollow-upideasforyou).Grade 1 — House of Seasons:Studentslearnaboutthephasesofwater.Meetsstandardsandbenchmarksinscience,socialstudies,andlanguagearts.
Grade 2 — Conservation Connections:Studentscreateariver/aquifermodelandlearnwhathappenswhenweallwantthesamewater.Meetsstandardsandbenchmarksinscience,math,socialstudies,andlanguagearts.
Grade 3 — Incredible Journey:Studentsrollthedieandmovethroughthewatercycle.Meetsstandardsandbenchmarksinscienceandsocialstudies(languageartsextension).
Grade 4 — Dirty to Drinkable:Studentsmakeaworkingsandfiltertocleandirtywater.Meetsstandardsandbenchmarksinscienceandsocialstudies(languageartsextension).
Grade 5 — Leaky Faucet:StudentslearnhowlittlefreshdrinkingwaterwehaveonEarth.Theymeasureandcalculatehowmuchiswastedfromaleakyfaucet.Meetsstandardsandbenchmarksinscience,math,andsocialstudies(languageartsextension).
Free services for teachers of grades K-5
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...the students are still talking about the puppet show and singing the songs. You all did a wonderful job and we just want to thank you very much. You really have an amazing and thoughtful program in place!
–DianaTeeters,Teacher
Water Resources Education:
Elementary Schools
A field trip in your own classroom, complete with standards and
benchmarks!
Not only was the Water Festival fun but we learned a lot about water and even New Mexico. This field trip was fun, cool, interesting and stupendous in every way!
–Payton,Grade4student
Services provided:• Freein-classpresentations,grades1-5
(inSpanishorEnglish)• Freepuppetshow,gradesK-2(Thisyear’s
showisScary Water Wasting Stories)• FreeWaterFestivalfor4thgraders• FreeWastewaterPlanttoursforgrade4+
• WastewaterPlantDigitalTouronline• Freeconsultationforyourschool-
basedenvironmentalevent
FormoreinformationcallKatieBabuskaat(505)975-0036orSharonSivinskiat(505)768-3245.
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Let us help you achieve your classroom learning goals. We offer free hands-on water resources
presentations with standards and benchmarks!
Free services for teachers of grades 6-12
Free In-Class Presentations• Includehands-on,participatoryactivities• Arecustomizedtofitsciencecourses• CorrelatetoStandardsandBenchmarks• CorrelatetonewAPSScienceCurriculummaps,
coveringbigideasandessentialquestions• Lastabout45minutes• Canbeusedtosupportculminating
productsandperformances• AreFUN,INFORMATIVE,andFREE
• Freeconsultationforyourschool-basedenvironmentalevent
Water Resources Education:
Secondary Schools
FormoreinformationcallKatieBabuskaat(505)975-0036orSharonSivinskiat(505)768-3245.
www.abcwua.org/education
Now We Have Three Ways to Learn about Wastewater Reclamation
1.BookafreetouratourWastewaterPlant
2.GotoourwebsiteandtakeadigitaltourofourWastewaterPlantwithactivitiesandlinks
3.Schedule our new presentation, What Scientists Do with Number One and Number Two
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Presentation Curriculum:
Grade 6+ — The Water-Energy Connection: Studentsmustsupplytheirtownwithelectricitybyusingwater.They’llneedthatelectricitytosupplydrinkingwater.Decisionsmustbemadewhendroughtstrikes!Extension:Water-ElectricityDiagram.
Grade 7+ — There’s No Point to This Pollution:Studentslearnaboutnonpointsourcepollutionandcumulativeimpacts.Extension:Writeapamphletorcommercialtohelpus“KeeptheRioGrande!”
Grade 8+ — Early Runoff:Studentsinvestigatetheeffectsofdirtonsnowtoseeifitmayimpactspringrunoff.Extension:Makeamapormodelofyourplanstohelpuscaptureearlyspringrunoffwater.
Biology — Biodiversity is Grand (updated):PlayagametolearnhowourdecisionsimpactthefuturebiodiversityofNewMexico.Extension:WriteafuturisticshortstoryaboutNewMexicobaseduponthegame.
General Science or Chemistry — What Scientists Do with Number One and Number Two:
Studentsmakewastewaterandthenseparateitintotrash,waterandsludge.Studentslearnthechemis-tryofthenitrogencycleandmeth-anegeneration.Extension:Turnschooltrashintocoolcompost.
Physics/Earth Science — Calculate a Watershed:Makea
mathematicalmodelofawatershed/lake/damsystem.Extension:Writeandpresentareportdescribingandexplainingthe
mathematicalwatershedmodel.
Environmental Studies — Pollution Detective:StudentstrytofindthesourceofgroundwaterpollutionusingpHpaper.Extension:ProduceaPublicServiceAnnouncementteachingushowtoprotectourgroundandsurfacewater.
...this movie went through our office like wildfire because it is so fun and so well-done. It’s like watching a good PBS show.
–WaterEnvironment
Federation
Downloadfromourwebsite,orrequestaDVD.BestifusedwithTheWater-EnergyConnectionpresentation,availabletogrades6+.