Who
Susan Roberts, Brookside Middle School teacher; eighth-grade students; and Southwest Florida Water Management District Youth Education staff
What
District Youth Education staff will visit Brookside Middle School to observe a water education project funded through its Splash! mini-grant program.
Eighth-grade students will demonstrate their project, Water The Adventure Begins. As part of their water education project, the students were given a hurricane scenario. The students were without water for four days and challenged to build a shower out of found materials and bathe in only five gallons of water. This exercise will demonstrate the value of each water drop, inspire a deeper understanding of how much water is wasted when showering and stress the importance of water conservation.
When
Thursday, May 22 from noon to 1 p.m.
Where
Brookside Middle School
3636 Shade Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34239
Phone: (941) 361-6472
Why
The Districts sharing days give Splash! mini-grant recipients an opportunity to demonstrate their projects to District staff.
Splash! mini-grant projects offer students the opportunity to study water resources through experiential learning projects. This grant program supports the Districts overriding goal of advancing superior stewardship of Floridas precious water resources.
This is the eleventh year that Splash! mini-grants have been offered to public, private and homeschool teachers in grades pre-kindergarten through 12 within the Districts 16-county area. The grant program offers up to $5,000 per school. This school year there were 137 projects funded throughout the District, totaling approximately $322,000 and involving 94,000 students. A total of seven Splash! mini-grants were awarded in Sarasota County.
District Contact
Mary Margaret Hull, 800-423-1476, ext. 4774
Web site
For more information about the Districts Splash! mini-grants program, log on to WaterMatters.org/education/minigrants. For a detailed description about each project, click on Featured Grant Projects in the left column.