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.

www.abcwua.org/education 2011-2012

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+.