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Local Programs and LinksRiverXchangeThis innovative, year-long outreach project for New Mexico fifth grade students and their teachers combines a hands-on curriculum, guest speakers, field trip/service learning project, computer technology and high tech pen pal partnerships with other fifth grade classes throughout the U.S. and world so that students learn about each other’s river ecosystems. No charge to participants. Correlated to numerous NM standards and benchmarks in Science, Math, Social Studies and Language Arts. Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA)In-Class Water Resource Presentations: Grades 1-12. A water resource educator will engage each class of students in a 45-60 minute hands-on presentation, customized for each grade level and correlated to NM standards and benchmarks. Water conservation, water quality, wastewater, drinking water, water cycle, climate change, water-energy connections. Classroom resources are provided. Spanish language presentations available for grades 1-5. Education website: For activity descriptions, all standards and benchmarks, and to request ABCWUA publications and videos, visit the website’s education page. While there, take a digital tour of their water system along with curriculum to help students explore our water resources. Free curriculum downloads. Southside Wastewater Reclamation Plant Tours: Grades 4-12. Learn about the science of wastewater treatment! Puppet Show: Grades K-3. The Conservation Critter puppets return to grades K-3 to visit “Happily Ever After Land” where they meet Templeton the Rat, the Cat in the Hat, Snow White and the rich man from a Joe Hayes story. The puppets use poetry, movement, games and song to teach students about the phases of water, the water cycle, and water stewardship. Groups of 40-80 only. Project WET teacher workshops: Grades K-12. ABCWUA is now a New Mexico Host Institution for Project WET and will be holding trainings for teachers who want to use the Project WET Curriculum in their classes. Albuquerque Bernalillo County Children’s Water Festival: Grade 4 only. Held each October, students and their teachers experience hands-on activities in the five basic water themes: web of life, general hydrology and the water cycle, watershed/water quality, water conservation, and water and our society. Buses provided. Teachers must apply on-line each April-August. New Mexico Office of the State Engineerhttp://www.ose.state.nm.us/wucp_educators.html Offers brochures and classroom materials for grades K-12, many available for download online. Coyote Tales. Grades Pre-K-1. Bernalillo County Office of Environmental Healthhttp://www.bernco.gov/live/departments.asp?dept=2330 Project WET’s Healthy Water Healthy People activity booklet for grades 4-7 is now FREE! This booklet provides activities, investigations and experiments to help students understand water quality topics and issues. Contact Matt Cross-Guillén. Classroom presentations on water quality and health also available in English or Spanish. Sandia National Laboratories K-12 Education ProgramsSNL offers many STEM programs for both teachers and students. Teacher programs include sustained professional development, workshops, scholarships for conferences, and financial support for national board certification candidates. Student programs range from K-12 and include Family Science Nights, speakers, competitions, and recruiting volunteers for your event. Contact Amy Tapia. Bosque Education Guide & Workshopshttp://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/BEG/index.html Join other educators in getting to know this amazing hands-on, K-12 interdisciplinary curriculum about the Middle Rio Grande bosque ecosystem. Bosque Ecosystem Monitoring Program (BEMP)http://www.bosqueschool.org/bemp.htm Volunteers (mainly K-12 teachers and their students) do long-term ecological research to monitor key indicators of structural and functional change in the Middle Rio Grande riparian forest. Contact Kimi Scheerer. City of Albuquerque’s Open Space Programhttp://www.cabq.gov/openspace/education.html Offering outdoor programs, Open Space Environmental Outreach, and Get on the Bus to Open Space Scholarship Program. New Mexico Dept. Game and Fishhttp://www.wildlife.state.nm.us/education/project_wild/project_wild.htm. Project WILD/Aquatic WILD Workshops. Learn more about the natural history of local wildlife, by exploring terrestrial and aquatic habitats of New Mexico. Contact Kevin Holladay. NM State Land OfficeEnergy for Education: two one-hour presentations for Grades 3-5, anywhere in New Mexico. Covers natural resources, renewable and non-renewable sources of energy and how they are used, energy consumption and conservation. Contact Miranda Miller. Water-related Internet Sites with Lesson Plans
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