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. I Scnday, October 1, 2000 GREELEY (Cola) TRI8U~IE C5 I New disc aims to teach I students about water Greeley firm, conservation board work on school project BY BILL JACKSON Greeley Tnbune . An interactive computer disc about water with in- struction aimed at elementary and high schcol students has been developed by a Greeley company for distrib- ution statewide. Agtown.com conceived the Colorado W;:lter Educa- (ion~l Resource Guide through funding under the Col- orado Water Conservation Board's mission to promme Water educmion. It is being distributed free to teachers throughout the state. Emmett Jordan. senior product analyst with Ag- town.com, said Tom C:::ch of[h~ C:::-uraJ Colorado \Va- rer Conservancy District. headquartered ill Greeley, designed the progrJ1TI and was responsible for the de- velopment of the curricula, Lori Ozello of the Nonh- ern Colorado Water Conservancy District in Loveland provided additional content. C~eh said that while the CD is directed at founh- through sixth-grade teachers. it is applicable for preschool through the 12th grade and the general pub~ lie as well. "We've got so many people moving intO this area that have no idea this is an arid region," Cech said. Those people have little information on where their water comes from and what it has taken to develop wa- ter resources, he Jdded. rhe CD, in part. addresses (hat area. The CD is pan of a 5115,000 water education pro- gram approved earlier this year by the Colorado Leg. isiarure that is being directed by the Colorado Water Conservation Board with assismnce through the Col- orado Water Congress. Cech, who is executive direc- tor of the Central Colorado district. is chairman of the education comrnitree of the Colorado Water Conser- varion Board. Cech said Agtown.com's developmenr of the CD was a narural. That company is owned by Clair Orr, a Kersey rancher who is also a member of [he Colorado Su[e n0ard of Education. "Clair, Emmetl and Lori ,really had a large part in developing the curricula. What this does is put water education under one umbrella. but that doesn't mean the conservation board has complete control of that ed- uCa(ion." Cech said. Jordan said the CD has several resources available to not only teachers but others involved in water edu- cation. "If someone in Durango, for instance, wants to e- mail someone about water, mere will be someone lo- cally who can respond to that e-mail and provide ;:mswers' for vou," he said. "This 9:ives teachers re- sources to help them bring: water information into [heir classrooms. .. " " .