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Tucson Water — Public Education and Outreach

Tucson Water funds Arizona Project WET and the Environmental Education Exchange to deliver groundwater flow model presentations for middle and high school students and water-education field days for 4th graders in every school district in its service area. Since 2006, with Tucson Water's support, Arizona Project WET has reached more than 350,000 students and 6,000 teachers in the service area with STEM-based water education.

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What you will find there

  • Groundwater flow model presentations for middle and high school students
  • Water education field days for 4th graders at public parks, with four hands-on stations on the water cycle and conservation
  • Water Smart Kids for grades 1-3 and Our Water, Our Future for grades 4-5, each with pre- and post-visit lessons
  • Watching Our Water, a middle school program on Tucson's water sources, urban water cycle, and conservation
  • Free professional development workshops for teachers through Arizona Project WET

Our take

Funding Arizona Project WET rather than building a separate education office has let Tucson Water reach more than 350,000 students since 2006. The city's own page functions mostly as a directory of partner organizations rather than self-contained lesson materials, so most bookings route through Arizona Project WET or the Environmental Education Exchange rather than Tucson Water directly.

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