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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />WATER CONSERVATION EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE <br /> <br />EDUCATION <br /> <br />OF SCHOOL CIllLDREN AND THE COMMUNITY <br /> <br />1. SITUATION: <br /> <br />The Colorado Water Conservation Board has made money available for the development <br />of water COIIllelVll1ion programs for both the school children and the conununity of the Woodmoor <br />Water and Sanitation District. A plan mUBt be developed for the best use of these moneys. This <br />part of the project plan outlines the program for development of the cwriculum and activities for <br />education of school children. <br /> <br />2. Mission: <br /> <br />Develop an effective water conservation education program for middle school children, <br /> <br />3. Execution: <br /> <br />A. It is expected tbat approximately $5,000 of the grant money will be available for this <br />part of the program. Most of this money will be spent on equipment and supplies for classroom <br />aclivities. It is expected that this money will be available for expenditure before January 1994. <br />DisbW'Sement of the money will be managed by the Woodmoor Water and Sanitation District <br />(WWSD) people. <br /> <br />B. The ultimate goal of this plan is to build an integrated water conservation education <br />program that will become part of the cutriculum for six, seventh, and eighth grades. Initially <br />though, efforts will concentrate on development of a comprehensive program for the sixth grade <br />and later enhance and move some of the aclivities into the seventh and eighth grades. Reasons for <br />these delays are as follows. <br /> <br />(1). The science cutriculums for the middle schools are generaDy arranged such <br />that the sixth grade cowtll gmeral science, the sewnth grade cowtlllife science, and the eighth <br />grade covers physical science. A water education program should logicaDy start with a general <br />approach in the sixth grade, concentrate on life aspects in the sewnth grade, and move into the <br />chemical and physical properties in the eighth grade. Development of a comprehensive program <br />for all three grades simultaneously is too big an effort for part lime wort with limited resources. <br />Therefore, it makes sense to start at the general level (sixth grade) and fonna1ize that part of the <br />program. The next step would be to develop aclivities specifically for the seventh and eighth <br />grades. It is important to understand, development of a new cutriculwn for all of the middle <br />school grades is no simple task - it mUBt be done in stepsl <br />