Children's Water Festivals - Resources
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Teachers! Click on these great websites for materials and information suitable for the elementary classroom. Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) Project WILD New Mexico (hosted by NM Game & Fish) U.S. EPA Drinking Water, Groundwater Kids Page, Teachers Page, Water Trivia Forest Guardians RiverSmart Program New Mexico Ag in the Classroom NM Office of the State Engineer New Mexico State University’s Water Testing Program New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute Kid’s Page National Geographic’s Perfect Little River Activity
Click here for trips in the Santa Fe Area. Click here for trips in the Albuquerque/Rio Rancho areas. |
Speakers Bureau A complete list of speakers on Water Topics at the elementary level is being compiled and will be available on this website by August 2006. The goal is for teachers to integrate speakers into the classroom as part of a comprehensive elementary age Water Education Program. City of Albuquerque Roberta Haynes-Sparks is available to speak to your students on the water cycle, aquifer, protecting water quality, conserving water and the San Juan-Chama water project. Contact her at 769-3245, or click here for more information. City of Rio Rancho City of Rio Rancho’s Water Conservation Department Ruben Archuleta and Marian Wrage are available to speak to Rio Rancho schools. Click here to contact Ruben or call him at 891-5020 x 3001. Click here for Marian or call her at 896-8737. City of Santa Fe Click here to contact Randy Sugrue (or call him at 505-955-4220) to schedule a visit to your classroom to learn about water conservation. New Mexico Environment Department, Surface Water Quality Bureau Click here to contact Jill Turner or call her at 505-476-1866. She coordinates school outreach on topics such as general water quality and pollution, water cycle, non-point source pollution and surface water runoff, water testing (in streams and rivers, not drinking water), water conservation and wetlands (ecosystems and function of wetlands). The Rolling River This working model of watershed can visit your school to teach about rivers and watersheds. In the Santa Fe area, contact Dana Vackar Strang at 505-827-5096 or click here to learn more. In the Albuquerque area, contact Susan Rich at 505-761-5446 or click here to learn more.
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