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Children's Water Festivals - Teachers


Both events are open only to fourth grade teachers and their students!

 

Albuquerque Bernalillo County Children’s Water Festival

The application period for the 2008 festival runs from March through mid- August, 2008.  Applications are accepted on-line only!
Flyers are mailed to all area elementary school principals and administrators each March calling for festival applications and giving notice of the deadline for applications.


Teachers are to apply on-line using this website.  Applications always exceed the number we can serve, so please know that we will contact all teachers after the application period ends to let them know if they have been selected. 

Click here for the Festival Schedule.

ABQ-Bernalillo Teacher registration form



Rio Rancho Children’s Water Festival

Four of Rio Rancho’s eight public elementary schools will participate in 2008.  They include:

  • Puesta del Sol Elementary
  • Enchanted Hills Elementary
  • Ernest Stapleton Elementary
  • Maggie Cordova Elementary

 

Teacher Workshops

Teachers must attend a Teacher Workshop approximately three weeks before the festival to understand logistics and learn about teacher water resource education training opportunities that are available throughout the year.  Each teacher receives a Resource Kit that contains information and other materials to continue water education in the classroom.

 

 

NM Science Standards – New!

All activities address multiple New Mexico Science Standards for the fourth grade.

 

Goals

Our goals for teachers...

… continue water education in the classroom using the resources and concepts learned at the Teacher Workshop and Festival.

… utilize new resources and speakers, adopt expanded curricula and modify teaching methods.

… take action to conserve water and protect water quality.

 

Our goals for students...

… demonstrate that they can answer the Big Water Questions.

take action to conserve water and protect water quality.

urge their families and friends to take action to conserve water and protect water quality.

 

Classroom Visits

Classroom Visits are a critical component of the evaluation process.  Selected classes are visited to determine the extent to which our goals are met.

Please sign up at the Teacher Workshop, or contact us to schedule this post-festival visit.

 

Evaluation and Outreach

Festival Surveys:  Students are asked questions relating to the five activities they attended.  Feedback is shared with presenters to improve presentation format, information and technique.

Evaluations:  Teachers, volunteers and presenters complete evaluation surveys.  In addition, each activity is observed at least one per day by an independent Activity

 

Teacher Professional Development

Project WET Curriculum workshop (grades K-5)

Healthy Water Healthy People workshop (grades 6-12)


 
Water as a Curriculum Theme

RiverXchange project



In-class activities:

    Water Cycle Song
    Conservation Connections
    Aquifer in a Cup
    The Long Haul, Albuquerque style
    Leak Detective
    Water Jeopardy
    Dirty to Drinkable
    Calculate a Watershed
    Why Share? Why Care?


Water vocabulary



Albuquerque/Bernalillo County water statistics

 


 


To contact us:

Katie Babuska
Experiential EE, LLC & Children's Water Festivals
11900 Persimmon Ave., NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111 USA

Phone: 505-975-0036
E-mail

 

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