The School Water Education Program (SWEP) educates K-12 students on their local water resources and water conservation. Students are prompted to use exploration routines to develop a mindset of curiosity, support development of scientific language and use of tools, and directly engage with their peers to build social and science communication skills. They use maps and charts, models, and games to build their understanding of how they can be water-wise and why a stewardship mindset is so important. SWEP’s primary goal for all four grade bands is to help students develop awareness and understanding of local water resources and the importance of conserving them, along with learning concrete ways to use water sustainably.
All four lessons are open for booking now! While program resources are allocated by city, plenty of slots are open to reserve. To sign up, please fill out our registration form and look for communication from our team within a few days so we can schedule your students for lessons.
To learn more or with any specific questions, please contact Stephanie Stock, SWEP Program Manager at .
Find Your Water Conservation Lesson!
Water Heroes (K-2nd Grades)
Students investigate where our water comes from and how much daily activities use with an interactive poem and a hands-on model demo. Through a matching game they compare water-saving and water-wasting ways to do familiar tasks and learn how to be a water hero.
Be Water Wise (3rd-5th Grades)
Students run a model to show the amount of water wasted through small everyday actions after examining information on our water resources. They use this knowledge to dive into a spirited game which teaches about novel ways to conserve and to be water-wise.
Water Wizards (6th-8th Grades)
By discussing and analyzing local water use data, students learn why water conservation is so important. They put their understanding into practice in a game where they evaluate activities for water-saving value.
Water-Wise by Design (9th-12th Grades)
Students test prior knowledge of local water resources and apply their creativity to a real-life problem: designing parks which support human communities and vital ecosystems while using minimal water.