Project Pollution Prevention
Project Pollution Prevention School Plan
The goal of the Project Pollution Prevention school program is to reach as many
Orange County students as possible on an ongoing basis. Project
Pollution Prevention's school
program emphasizes the need to keep Orange County's
watersheds clean by communicating an effective message that
will change students' behavior and ultimately become a way of
life. The goal of Project Pollution Prevention is to provide
graphically exciting and student-friendly activities and information
to educate students on the need to protect our environment from
both water and trash pollution.
The Project Pollution Prevention School Plan aligns with
California Science and Math Contents Standards and reaches Orange
County students in an efficient and cost effective manner.
In order to maximize our efforts, partnerships were established
with Project Pollution Prevention, the Municipal Water District of Orange County (MWDOC), the
Discovery Science Center and the Orange County Department of
Education (OCDE).
For more information on Project Pollution Prevention, please visit www.ocwatersheds.com.
The Orange County Stormwater Program members have information regarding local and regional stormwater efforts on their websites. To learn more about the programs in your area, click here.
Partnerships:
Municipal Water District of Orange County
(MWDOC)
Project Pollution Prevention teamed up with MWDOC's 30 year
old school program. Already known throughout the County, MWDOC's
program has educated students about the sources and
issues surrounding their water supply while preparing students
for California Standardized Tests (CSTs). Teachers' lesson plans
are reinforced and enriched with
their water education curriculum.
A 5th grade activity book is distributed to students in
participating schools. The book aligns with Grade 5 California
Science and Math Content Standards and features eye-popping
graphics emphasizing water and trash pollution prevention.
The "Go with the Flow" video features teenage
actors explaining the water cycle, the everyday activities that
cause pollution, the difference between sewers and storm
drains, and how pollution affects Orange County beaches.
For more information contact Zoila Finch at Zoila.Finch@rdmd.ocgov.com.
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers)
Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) is offered in a
workshop format by trained Facilitators. Participants receive a
curriculum guide that can be used in the classroom to integrate
hands-on activities that focus on water related topics such as
pollution prevention and water issues awareness.
For more information contact Zoila Finch at Zoila.Finch@rdmd.ocgov.com.
Discovery Science Center
Project Pollution Prevention teamed up with the Discovery
Science Center to provide a comprehensive high school water
quality monitoring program. The
program includes integrated science concepts such as (1) the
chemical components of water and how those components relate to
the healthfulness of the water; (2) water production,
purification and usage; (3) the human impact on water; and (4)
water conservation. With all four components the general
theme of protecting our environment from pollution is
emphasized. Ninth
through twelfth grade teachers receive professional development
classes complete with curriculum and a kit of scientific
equipment that enables them to conduct up to three weeks of
water-focused and pollution awareness activities in their
classrooms.
For more information contact Zoila Finch at Zoila.Finch@rdmd.ocgov.com.
Orange County Department of Education (OCDE)
Project Pollution Prevention teamed up with the Orange County
Department of Education's Inside the Outdoors program
that empowers students, teachers, parents and the community to
explore natural areas and expand their knowledge.
Fifth and sixth grade students who attend a week-long
residential program in the San Bernardino Mountains learn about
the water cycle and local watersheds, and use a student journal
to record their water issues knowledge. They also are
given a two-page water pollution checklist to take home that
guides the students in assessing their resource consumption
habits.
At three of the foothill site Field Programs, where students go
on a field trip to a natural area in Orange County, students
learn about the types of water on Earth, the limited amount of
available fresh water, and the water cycle. They also play a
game called "Where Do I Flow" in which they learn how
and where water is polluted and cleaned and what they can do to
help prevent water pollution.
"Drip Drop" is a Traveling Scientist outreach program
that meets the water-related Earth Science Content Standards for
fifth grade. Students learn about the movement of water in
the water cycle, the limited availability of fresh water on
Earth and from where the water in their neighborhoods comes.
They also discover how aquifers work and how humans
retrieve water from these underground sources, use a watershed
model to learn how water becomes polluted, and develop ways to
conserve water and prevent pollution in their neighborhoods.
The students are also exposed to the concept of TMDLs (Total
Maximum Daily Loads) and how these levels are used to
determine the amount of pollution that may be introduced into a
waterbody.
For more information contact Kelly Ellis at KEllis@ocde.us
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