Water Pioneers Water Pioneers Community Project Community Project

20072007

‘‘Water’Water’ you waiting for? you waiting for? Make a difference in your Make a difference in your

community!community!

Objective/Overview:Objective/Overview:• By working in my community, I wanted to By working in my community, I wanted to

educate students about their watersheds, educate students about their watersheds, how they affect them, and what they can do how they affect them, and what they can do to improve the water’s quality. to improve the water’s quality.

• I informed the students about certain parts I informed the students about certain parts or matter that can affect their water, such as or matter that can affect their water, such as pollution. I also mentioned some ways to pollution. I also mentioned some ways to conserve our water, which can easily be used conserve our water, which can easily be used in everyday living.in everyday living.

• Together, with a 7Together, with a 7thth grade class, I grade class, I demonstrated the effects of pollution on our demonstrated the effects of pollution on our watershed using different colored soft watershed using different colored soft drinks, and three bowls of water. drinks, and three bowls of water.

The steps I needed to The steps I needed to take to make this project take to make this project a success included:a success included:• Confirming date of presentation with Confirming date of presentation with

school.school.

• Researching information about Researching information about watersheds, mine specifically, and its watersheds, mine specifically, and its water quality.water quality.

• Collaborating with teachers to construct Collaborating with teachers to construct a lesson plan that will eventually benefit a lesson plan that will eventually benefit me in my career choice, education.me in my career choice, education.

• Cooperation of students, school staff, and Cooperation of students, school staff, and my family.my family.