Education Outreach Programs offered by the WVWA

2016-17 Education Outreach Programs for K-12 Students Water Properties l  Water Cycle l Watersheds l Water Quality Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences l Stream Study Field Trips and much more!

FREE to teachers and students in our service area

Outreach Education

We offer both in-class and field trip opportunities designed to build upon your school’s science curriculum that incorporate the Virginia Standards of Learning (SOLs) and encourage your students to take their study a step further.

Instructors

Our outreach educators, Tara Poelzing and Robin Bailey, bring more than 50 years combined experience in both formal and nonformal settings.

They hold Virginia Master Naturalist certification and are members of the Blue Ridge Environmental Educators.

Service Area

Kindergarten Water Wonders SOLs: Science K.1, K. 2, K.4, K.5

First Grade Mix it Up! SOLs: Science 1.1, 1.3

S Gravity’s effect on water

S Mixtures, solutions and chemical reactions with common household materials and water

S Sink vs. float

S Temperature and dissolving

S Properties and phases of water

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The City of Roanoke and the Counties of Roanoke, Franklin and Botetourt

Reservations

Advance reservations are required for all in-class and field trip programs.

Email us to make a reservation, or visit our website: www.westernvawater.org/teacher

Second Grade Water Matters SOLs: Science 2.1, 2.3

Cost

All in-class presentations and field trips are FREE of charge.

Length of Presentations

In-class K-5 presentations are 45 minutes in length. Middle and Print 4 high school in-class presentations may require one hour and can accomodate block scheduling.

S In-depth water cycle game

S Water and temperature

S Evaporation, condensation and precipitation

S Intro to the water cycle

S Water conservation

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Watershed Model

Email us at education@westernvawater.org or visit www.westernvawater.org/teacher to schedule an in-class presentation or field trip.

SOLs: Science 3.1, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11

S Water as a solid, liquid and gas

Fourth & Fifth Grade Tara & Robin

Third Grade Incredible Journey

SOLs: Science 4.1, 4.5, 4.9 Science 5.1, 5.7

Sixth Grade

Watersheds and Water Quality SOLs: Science 6.1, 6.5, 6.7, 6.9

S Watersheds and water resources

S Virginia’s watersheds

S Human impact on watersheds and water quality

S Human impacts and best management practices

S Water pollution, erosion and best management practices

S Point and non-point sources of water pollution

Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience (MWEE) at Carvins Cove S Chemical and probeware water quality testing S Biological testing, benthic macroinvertebrates S A watershed’s effect on water quality

*To gain the most from this watershed field trip, we suggest you invite a member of our education team into your classroom prior to your field trip.

All programs are FREE of charge.

Earth Science & Ecology

Watersheds and Karst Topography SOL: ES.8

Tailor a MWEE program with a karst topography model that helps students understand more about our groundwater zones including the water table, zone of saturation and zone of aeration.

GIS Technology Identify water and sewer infrastructure, measure distances and use topography maps with our Geographic Information System (GIS). Students can use their own laptop computers or follow along with a PowerPoint presentation.

Follow Us

On Carvins Cove Field Trips students are divided into groups. Students rotate between a nature hike and one program listed in this guide or one activity from among the following list:

SOLs and Field Trips!

Carvins Cove

Bubbles

Life Box/ Nature Scavenger Hunt

We All Live Downstream

Crystal Spring

Spring Hollow Carvins Cove Reservoir & Treatment Facility Students can tour the treatment facility on Plantation Road and then take a short bus ride to our reservoir.

Students must be in third grade or above to visit the water treatment facility; however, the reservoir is open to all ages. Picnic facilities are available. Please allow 45 minutes to tour the treatment facility. Visits to the reservoir take an additional two hours. See options in the sidebar for educational programming at the Cove.

Extended Hike

For more information contact: education@ westernvawater.org

Crystal Spring Filtration Facility & Historic Pump Station Located next to Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, Crystal Spring offers a look at Roanoke’s oldest drinking water source. Visitors to Crystal Spring can view the water in the spring box, learn about the ultrafiltration process and see how Crystal Spring played a role in Roanoke’s early development. At the historic pumping station, students will learn how the Snow Steam Pump (manufactured during the Industrial Revolution) pumped water into the growing City of Roanoke.

Spring Hollow Reservoir & Treatment Facility The Spring Hollow Reservoir and Treatment Facility is located in western Roanoke County, just past Dixie Caverns.

Students who visit our Spring Hollow facility will also see our lab to learn about the chemical and bacteriological tests that we conduct on the drinking water in our distribution system. A classroom-style conference room is available for environmental education programs. Please allow 45 minutes to tour the treatment and laboratory facilities. Visits to the dam and reservoir will take an additional 45 minutes to one hour.