“Keeping Water Clean” School Program
The Greenscapes school program, “Keeping Water Clean”, provides a fun, hands-on and place-based learning experience for 5th grade students. The interactive program demonstrates how the built environment affect the natural water cycle, what happens to water when it enters a storm drain, where our water comes from and goes to, how water can be cleaned or conserved and how closely connected we all are to our watershed(s). The program engages students AND their parents, who are recruited to help us run some of the six to seven stations and meets several state science standards for 5th grade curriculae.
Your Greenscapes membership entitles you to a program booking at one school per year. For an additional fee, we would love to schedule more programs in your community.
Contact us with any questions about the program, or to schedule a visit to your school!
“‘I never thought of that!” We hear statements like this often during ‘Keeping Water Clean’ activities. The interactive displays in ‘Keeping Water Clean’ convey important messages in a vivid way. Using a plastic 3D ‘watershed,’ students tangibly witness how waste makes its way into our waterways. With a cutaway model of an aquifer, they ‘pollute’ groundwater. At another station they see actual samples from the sewage treatment process. It’s rewarding to watch the kids begin to understand where our water comes from, how it can get polluted, and what we can do to help keep it clean. ‘Keeping Water Clean’ is an effective complement to science education in the Salem Sound region.”
“Thank you for a great hands on visit to our school. The 5th Graders and teachers enjoyed the different stations which covered a variety of topics within the curriculum tying in the water cycle, water shed and pollution. The water table station was highly popular but each station engaged the students and the content level of material was appropriate. We eagerly look forward to your next visit!”
“The ‘Keeping Water Clean’ program is a great learning tool for the elementary school children. This program allows them to explore the different elements of water, including storm water, potable water, and waste water. Teaching children the importance of avoiding pollution and to conserve water is crucial, as water is such a limited and valuable resource. Hopefully they will take what they learn and apply it to their daily lives, because every little bit counts! Remember, water is life.”
“The enrichment program was fabulous! The kids were engaged the whole time and gave it rave reviews. I think the parents really enjoyed volunteering because they got to work directly with kids. It was a great day. I have already put a note in my calendar to schedule again for next year!!”
