WSP08476

• File Number: 8029
• Description: Section D General Correspondence-Colorado Agencies
• State: CO
• Date: 1/1/1975
• Author: Bob Johnson
• Title: Colorado Water Education-Information Foundation-CWC-Captain Hydro Water Conservation Workbook-Teachers Guide
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

. Conduct a water.oriented class project, e.g.: clean a
stream, correct an erosion problem.

. Write a history of your community's water system;
compare your findings with the experiences of other
communities.

. Compare your local rainfall with that of another locale
and evaluate the differences and their causes.

. Compare water needs of a community in wet years
with those in dry years.

. Hypothesize on the use of water in the San Francisco
Earthquake and Fire; research and compare the facts
with your theories.

. Find examples of water routes used by pioneers.

. Find examples of water determining the location of
cities.

. Research the life-styles of people living in an arid
setting,

. Research the use of water by your community's fire
department

Language Arts

. Write and produce a puppet show, or a play, featuring
Capt. Hydro and the Water Bandit Note puppet con.
struction in the Fine Arts Zingers.

. Write a water dictionary.

. Write a water poem; more challenging is writing Haiku
using water as the subject

. Read a water book and write or present a book report
on it.

. Having been given the setting of a water adventure
story, e.g., stranded on a South Seas island or lost in
the desert without water, finish the story.

. Write a waler mystery, e.g., explain the sudden ap-
pearance of a strange source of water.

. Make a water puzzle.

. Write a water myih; this works well using a stream as
the subject while sitting on the bank

. Stand in Ihe rain for a few minutes and then write a
descriptive paragraph on waler as it strikes various ob-
jects and surfaces,

. Observe and then describe the path of a water drop af-
ter it has fallen to the earth; "Diary of a Raindrop,"

. See how many words can be made out of WATER
CONSERVATION.

. Make a water file on all of the water-related articles in
one edition of a newspaper.

. Write an adjective list to describe water in various
states or locations.

. Conduct a panel discussion with resource people,
including parents, teachers, students, community
leaders, ancVor businessmen on how to conserve
water.

Fine Arts

. Draw or paint raindrops falling on a window pane.

. Construct puppets of Capt Hydro, the Water Bandit
and his friends,

. Using the crayon-resist technique, paint an under-
water scene.

. Have a class sand castle building contest on a field trip
to the beach.

. Gather driftwood for an art project You could also uti.
lize shells, rocks, etc.

. Paint with water colors, using the wet-paper
technique.

. Finger paint with mud.

. Sculpture with mud; adobe works especially welL

. Research the use of water as a subject of great works
of art.

. Write a water song.

. Research the use of water as a subject of great works
of music; of folk songs.

. Compile a songbook of water songs.

. Record water sounds and rearrange them to make a
water symphony.

. Using the recordin!!s of various water sounds as
soloists, record them over tapes of other music for
background.

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