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Water Wise Program

Welcome Educators!

Created for Teachers by Teachers

Waterwise is not only fun, results-driven and STREAMLINED, but it is flexible -- a program that has, over the years, evolved to incorporate necessary and teacher-requested elements. Easy for you - effective for your students. And thanks to generous sponsors... you receive all materials and NO COST.

Teacher's Guidebook

When you sign up for Waterwise, You'll also receive the easy-to-follow teacher's Guidebook, formatted to your needs. Elements include:

	Duration estimates for lessons
	Vocabulary lessons
	Objectives for each lesson
	Suggested classroom activities
	Supplemental activities
	Home activities
	Discussion ideas
	“Make the Connection” section providing additional topics to be explored in class

We work hard to keep teachers and students excited about participating in this program and with continued feedback from those who participate and continued education on our end, we plan to stay at the forefront of water conservation education.

The "Water Lady"

Through the years, students have nicknamed her "The Water Lady", "Principal Waters", and even "The Aquanator"... but we simply call her amazing. For over 15 years, our own Waterwise program coordinator, Susan Brown, has shown an unwavering commitment to the success of Waterwise. With her hands-on exhibit in tow, Susan visits as many classrooms as possible, reiterating the strong Waterwise message with her energetic spirit and eye-opening experiments. Children request her year after year and teachers shower her with thank you letters

To reserve "The Water Lady" at your school, check the "Contact Me box on the enrollment form

Get Started

If you are an educator in Harris or Galveston Counties, in a public or private school, sign up today to start taking advantage of this important program. If you are one of our many returning Educators, we appreciate your commitment to this worthy effort and are glad to have you back. Many have already signed up for the 2007-2008 school year and reservations are currently underway. Contact us now to reserve your opportunity to participate. Remember, this award-winning program is FREE and just for signing up, you're automatically qualified for our weekly prize drawings (beginning in August each year)!

We appreciate your consideration and hope you decide to join us in teaching our children how their actions today can positively impact the world we live in tomorrow

Featured Classroom

San Jacinto Elementary School (GISD)

"The Waterwise program helps our students make the connections they need to actively conserve water. We will most definitely be utilizing this program as part of our 2006-2007 curriculum."

San Jacinto Elementary (GISD)
4th Grade Teachers

It was Susan Brown’s first trip to San Jacinto Elementary and the school’s 4th grade classes were eagerly anticipating her arrival. They’d been learning about water conservation and the visit by the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District’s “Water Lady” would be the hands-on experience that would tie all their lessons together.

When Brown walked in with her mobile sink and partitioned water tank with two shower heads, the kid’s eyes grew large and the room went silent. Who was this woman with the big smile, and why was she pulling along such a goofy-looking contraption? They would soon find out.

In less than an hour, Brown’s energetic presentation - consisting of important facts, an entertaining slide show, and the crowd-pleaser, a hands-on experiment on how much water is saved using a low-flow showerhead – left the group excited and ready to go home to try out all the new water conservation techniques. And with Waterwise kits in hand (courtesy of Subsidence District partners), they had the materials to make it happen.

“The hands-on activities seem to allow the students to gain a better understanding of the different concepts introduced,” said 4th grade teacher, Jennifer Cooper-Fontenot. “It’s a great way to keep them engaged in follow-up activities and the kits contain really high quality materials that make an immediate difference at home. We truly appreciate the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District and our school’s sponsors for bringing this fun and effective program to San Jacinto Elementary.”

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