Relevant information about local water resources, water conservation and drinking water quality

including personal water use profiles and steps students can take to reduce their impact on local ecosystems.

hands-on classroom

Water ConservationWorkshops

FREE for elementary

& secondary students in the Everett water service area

Dynamic presenters engage and excite!

Our presenters are committed to connecting water conservation and environmental

topics to students’ everyday lives.

To schedule workshops for up to five class periods, please call 206-583-0655, toll free 1-800-227-0977 or email waterworkshops@triangleassociates.com

Snohomish County School Districts served by Everett water: Arlington, Edmonds, Everett, Granite Falls, Lake Stevens, Lakewood, Marysville, Monroe, Mukilteo, Northshore, Snohomish, and Sultan. Programs also available to private schools. We can help you determine if your school is served by Everett water and eligible for the free workshops.

The workshops integrate science and communication grade level expectations (GLEs) and are presented right in your classroom.

Registration is on a first come, first served basis. Register your class today!

Workshops provided by the City of Everett and water providers in the Everett water service area, and developed in partnership

with Triangle Associates, Incorporated.

PRINTED AuGuST 2008

See class descriptions on next page.

Students make inferences from the information they are given as they

rotate through three activity stations and wrap up the workshop with a trivia game. A student activity sheet is completed by each student during the period as an accountability and assessment tool.

KEy LESSon mESSaGES: • Where your drinking water comes from and

how it gets to your glass.• How treated water is used and how it is

wasted. • Why conservation is important, even when

there isn’t a water shortage.• Conservation saves: money, water, and

other resources.• Individual water use choices have an

impact on the environment.

Students role play where their water comes from, conduct a water

experiment comparing water behaviors and participate in a water conservation game. The lesson is available in a primary version for grades 2-3 and an intermediate version for grades 4-5, allowing students in intermediate grade levels to use their math knowledge to calculate results of water conservation.

KEy LESSon mESSaGES: • Where your drinking water comes from

and how it gets to your glass.• How water is used and how it is wasted.• Why you should care about conservation.• You have water choices.

Fits well with 4th grade studies on Washington State and 5th grade studies

on landforms and FoSS* environments kits.* Full Option Science System developed at the Lawrence

Hall of Science, University of California at Berkeley.50 minutes

Grades 2-5

Water You Know?

This lesson is a perfect introduction to units on ecosystems, natural resources, personal health and government issues.

50 minutes

Grades 6-8

The 4 ... 1 ... 1 on H2O

50 minutes

Grades 9-12

The Liquid Truth

The Liquid Truth: Lab

“The Liquid Truth was a valuable presentation that provided concrete, real-world examples of topics and issues we had been learning about and discussing in class. The information was current, relevant, and the students were given the opportunity to connect their knowledge to information that is directly related to the everyday lives of themselves and their families.”

–High School Teacher

Students focus on water filtration in detail. They examine and debate

conservation issues such as tap versus bottled water, people versus fish and global water use issues. An activity sheet is completed by each student as an assessment tool.

KEy LESSon mESSaGES: • Where your drinking water comes from and

how it gets to your glass.• How drinking water is filtered and treated.• How treated water is used and how it is

wasted. • Why conservation is important, even if we

don’t have a water shortage.• Conservation saves: money, water, and

other resources.• Water use choices have an impact on the

environment.

Requires classroom lab stations with running water.

Students conduct experiments to mimic the water filtration process. They study the mechanical and

chemical processes required to remove particles and bacteria, and neutralize heavy metals. Students analyze their water use habits in response to their findings.

“I loved the stations,

they were very interactive!” –6th grade teacher

“The students learned a lot of water conservation techniques that they can implement at home.”

–3rd Grade Teacher

“Works well with our curriculum.” –2nd Grade Teacher

The workshop connects to a variety of different subject/study areas such as science, language arts,

environment and debate.

“Hands-on, well thought

out, well presented.”

–High School Teacher

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