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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />Although a public education program will address the need for water <br />conservation generally. the need to instill water conservation in our <br />childrens beliefs is imperative. Additionally. the whole country is aware <br />of the need for change in our public school system. The use of water <br />conservation as an integrating topic in the middle school curriculum will <br />meet several important needs of our community: develop a water conservation <br />ethic in our next generation of adults; assist in bringing water <br />conservation to the attention of their parents; help in presenting <br />innovative and exciting topics to our middle school students thereby <br />creating a better learning environment for the students and the teachers. <br />Lewis Palmer School District 38 is considered to be one of the top school <br />districts in Colorado as judged by standardized test schools and the <br />success of graduates. Only by the constant improvement of our curriculum <br />and the ways we teach our students will this success continue. <br /> <br />IMPlEMENTAllON: <br />Both parts of the proposed program will initiate with the design and <br />development of materials. presentations. facility visits. and curriculum. <br />Both parts will use portions from the other. <br />The public educational program will focus on outside water <br />conservation first and later on inside and commercial water savings. As the <br />presentations. facility visits. and workshops are developed they will be <br />made available to local community groups. The brochures and conservation <br />items will be made accessible to the community. <br />The water conservation curriculum will be merged into the current <br />curriculum rather than as a separate block. This will be done so the idea <br />of water conservation will continue to be brought to the attention of the <br />students throughout their middle school experience. The study of water. its <br />conservation and uses will relate to many areas already in the curriculum <br />such as life science. chemistry. atomic structure, electricity, physical <br />sceince. and earth science (Appendix). <br />Although the water conservation studies will be integrated the <br />program will use a series of forty minute classes which will include <br />completed lesson plans. The studies will be based on an investigation of <br />the local watershed. the aspects of water pollution and waste and their <br />management and mitigation. <br />The first use of the curriculum will occur during the 1993/1994 <br />school year. During the second year a newly constructed middle school will <br />be occupied On the school ground is a flowing stream and a one acre pond. <br />Both water bodies will be used extensively in the curriculum. Further <br />development and modification of the curriculum will be completed the next <br />year and as necessary during the following years. Also. it is hoped that <br />the long-range goal of expanding water conservation curriculum to other <br />grade levels will be achieved. <br /> <br />PARllaPANTS: <br />The individuals who will be primary responsible for the program are: <br />Phil Steininger (WWSD Manager); Paul Grogger (WWSD Water Board member <br />and Professor of Geology at the University of Colorado at Colorado <br />Springs); James Connally (Middle School Science Head), and Samuel Morgan <br />(Middle School Science Teacher) <br />