Worldwide Water Education
Educate. Empower. Act. The mission of Project WET is to reach children, parents, educators and communities of the world with water education. We invite you to join us in educating children about the most precious resource on the planet — water.
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Project WET Launches in Egypt with Workshops for 100 Teachers
With a goal of raising awareness around the importance of water conservation and providing hands-on pedagogy and training the teachers, the Project WET Foundation has partnered with Nestlé Waters Egypt and the Cairo Ministry of Education to launch Project WET in Egypt. Project WET's Senior VP John Etgen traveled to Cairo last week for a series of workshops focusing on water conservation and general water education. In total, some 100 teachers--including 70 from urban schools around Cairo and 30 from a rural district in the Nile delta region--took part in the workshops. According to John, the teachers were "VERY engaged and enthusiastic," stating that they appreciated being recognized as partners in water education efforts.
Egyptian teachers learn about the many competing demands among water users.
How much of the body is water? This teacher is learning how best to explain the concept to kids.
In the "Blue Planet" activity, participants learn about how much of the surface of the Earth is water.
Digital Learning Day: Empowering Teachers, Promoting Innovation
Today is Digital Learning Day, a "nationwide celebration of innovative teaching and learning through digital media and technology that engages students and provides them with a rich, personalized educational experience."
Project WET is on the forefront of digital learning with DiscoverWater.org, a free, innovative way to teach and learn about our most precious natural resource, water.
DiscoverWater.org offers:
• Fun interactive activities
• Online quizzes to check for understanding
• The opportunity to Take Action in your own community to conserve and protect water
• Printable Science Notebook pages
• Complete Educator Resources for classroom lesson planning
According to the Digital Learning Day website, digital learning is:
"...Any instructional practice that is effectively using technology to strengthen the student learning experience. Digital learning encompasses a wide spectrum of tools and practices, including using online and formative assessment, increasing focus and quality of teaching resources and time, online content and courses, applications of technology in the classroom and school building, adaptive software for students with special needs, learning platforms, participating in professional communities of practice, providing access to high-level and challenging content and instruction, and many other advancements technology provides to teaching and learning. In particular, blended learning is any time a student learns, at least in part, at a supervised brick-and-mortar location away from home and, at least in part, through online delivery with some element of student control over time, place, path, and/or pace."
Celebrate Digital Learning Day with a visit to DiscoverWater.org!
Celebrate Wetlands!
February 2 is World Wetlands Day! This year's theme is Wetlands Tourism: A Great Experience.
You can celebrate and learn about wetlands--without disturbing any ducks or plants--by visiting Investigate Fresh Water at DiscoverWater.org! At the Investigate Fresh Water page, you can:
• Explore fresh water and terrestrial environments, including wetlands and learn about the animals that call them home.
• Watch a video about macroinvertebrates.
• Create a personalized Take Action Poster as a reminder about how you can help protect wetlands.
• Print out and complete a My Science Notebook page.
• Check out the complete Educator Resources, including activities, assessments, extensions and standard correlations.
World Wetlands Day is a great way to bring wetlands into your classroom or home!
¿Se habla español? Você fala Português?
Project WET's offerings for people who live, work or travel in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries just got better--and faster. The Latin American and Caribbean Activity Sampler, available in Spanish or Portuguese for instant download on the Project WET Store, contains nine activities that have been specially customized for use in LAC countries and run the gamut of water subjects, from water and health to the water cycle:
1. The Blue Planet (water on earth)
2. The Incredible Journey (water cycle)
3. A Drop in the Bucket (available drinking water)
4. Aqua Bodies (water in our bodies)
5. No Bellyachers (water and disease)
6. Sum of the Parts (water use and contamination)
7. Water Meter (conservation and water use)
8. Seeing Watersheds (watersheds)
9. 8-4-1, one for all (water use)
Check out the new books in Spanish or Portuguese on the Project WET Store.