We all need clean water

Nature in the Parks / UWEX

• Wehr Nature Center Outreach program.• Partnership with the county parks and state UWEX.• I have been working in this program for 20 yrs and the best

part of my day is working with the kids.• Pre school and primary school programs in the parks, at the

school and in the community, such as the library.• We also work with teachers and adults providing workshops

such as NAI certification in interpretation and Project WET, Project Learning Tree and Project WILD.

Brain storming

• What we know ; round robin water• What we wonder; find it at the library• Literacy can benefit from wonder • Combine activities with reading to motivate

kids• Kids want to know • River of Words Science and Art, Watershed

Literacy• Local resources

EarthRoots• Authors we have incorporated into our

programs have a local nature theme, accuracy, fun and literacy.

• Salamander Room by Anne Mazer,• Little cloud eric carle, • In the Small, Small Pond Denise Fleming• Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni• Cold Little Duck, Duck, Duck Lisa Westberg

Peters

Water is part of life

• Water is physical. What shape is water• Water cycle. Dinosaurs drank my water.• write your watershed story• map your water• rain gardens keep our water clean.• Read and respond to your watershed.

Water is physical. What shape is water

• Ice• Snow• Liquid• Vapor• Gas• Steam• flow

• Energy flow• H2o• Capillary action• Water tension

Everybody has a watershed

• Where does your water go?• Humans are 73% water.• Where does the rain go?• Incredible journey, bead bracelet

Animals need water, some use water for a home. 1. Pond critters2. Compare the strategies that animals use to survive3. focus on some native wildlife to look closely at the adaptation

in water.  4. how we can help to have clean water5.Journey North is an interesting way to share wildlife

sightings.6. Learn about nearby nature at Wehr Nature Center

Water cycle

• Dinosaurs drank my water• Humans are 73% water.• Glacier, ocean, river, lake, plant, animal,

ground water, soil, cloud• Incredible journey, bead bracelet

Incredible journey

• Water in place• Humans are 73% water.• Glacier, ocean, river, lake, plant, animal,

ground water, soil, cloud• Incredible journey, bead bracelet• Journal about your journey

Tell your story of a drop of water

• Trip story• Imagine one drop of water• Go outside to follow a drop

of water

• Visit a nature center• Passport to • Follow the trail of water

Crafts and models

• Make a widget about water

• Make a widget about water bugs

• Visit with a water animal

• Pond critter• Water model• Posters• Water food web

Crafts and models

• Count water usage• Make a widget about

water bugs• Visit with a water

animal.• Crayfish, nymph• Microscope station

• Pond critter• Dragonfly model• Paper plate aquarium• Use water habitat to

show animals in water, for aqua

• Animals in wetlands• Birds use water

Rain gardens can help water soak into the soil.

• Provide shelter for butterflies and birds.• Prevent erosion, keep soil in the garden• water is filtered through gardens and soil.

References

• Henry cole books• Salamander room• Fishing resources• Wi dnr EEK • “get outside”• mmsd

• Aquarium• Frog or toad• Water model• Salamander• Water quiz• Conserve water

local water resources

Contact EPA's Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800-426-4791. at 1-800-426-4791.Environmental Protection Agencyhttp://www.epa.gov/Surf Your Watershedhttp://www.epa.gov/pick5Wisconsin Department of Natural Resourceshttp://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/River of Words: Connecting Kids to their Watersheds and Imaginations through Poetry & Art.riverofwords.org/index.htmlMilwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District http://v3.mmsd.com/Every Drop Countshttp://v3.mmsd.com/KidsCorner.aspxMilwaukee.uwex.edu Watershed Educationhttp://milwaukee.uwex.edu/natres/watershed/index.cfmMilwaukee County Parks - http://www.county.milwaukee.gov

Water Round Robin

Favorite form of water

Find someone that went underwater

something special about great lakes

Has a big fish story

What is a watershed

How much water in human body

Swimming

Water park

Viewed an amphibian

Used a microscope to see tiny water animals

Has a rain barrel

Planted a rain garden

Uses low flow shower heads

How much water used to make beer

Water recreation

Managing a reading program

Self choice of reading materialHands on materials to enrich readingConnecting to living things, opportunities to get outsideReading recreation leads to life long learningReflection and comprehension improve with experienceWriting to find personal knowledge and improve literacyStory telling