Education

Soil & Water Stewardship Week

SWSW Booklet

Soil & Water Stewardship Week 2008 will be celebrated April 27-May 4. The theme this year is "Water Is Life."

2008 Order Forms:

Ordering for 2008 materials is now closed. Downloadable materials are still available below.

2008 Downloadable Material:

All downloadable material is in Adobe PDF format - Reader is available as a free download from Adobe.

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Guides

Guide Supplements:

Where's the Groundwater? Vocabulary - A vocabulary list of groundwater-related words and definitions to supplement the Intermediate Booklet (2nd-3rd grade) activity "Where’s the Groundwater."

Clean the Water Vocabulary - A vocabulary list of words and definitions for the "Clean the Water" activity in the Advanced Booklet (4th-5th grade).

Exhibit, Field Day and Classroom Activities (adaptable for all ages)

Healthy Water Hopscotch - Participants in this printable activity learn about their own impacts on the quality of the water. This activity is great for field days, exhibits or school lesson plans. Additional resources needed: 11”x17” paper for printing.

Water Wonders (Project Learning Tree Activity #44) - Through an activity and an experiment, this activity will introduce students to the various steps of the water cycle and will help them make connections between the water cycle and all living things.

Water Cycle Spinners - This printable activity goes along with Project WET’s “An Incredible Journey” and is great for field days, exhibits or school lesson plans.

About Soil & Water Stewardship Week

Each year, the Lower Platte North NRD offers Soil & Water Stewardship materials to area churches and schools at no cost. These materials include activity booklets for K-6 students, bookmarks, posters, and guides for educators and church leaders. Each year a new theme is chosen for Stewardship Week.

Order

In addition to being made available online, printed order forms are sent to all schools and churches in the district in February each year. If you would like to ensure that you are included on the mailing list, please contact Troy Thompson, Information/Education Specialist.

Sponsorship

Soil & Water Stewardship Week is sponsored by the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD), whose members are 3,000 local conservation districts that manage soil and water conservation in every community. NACD has selected an annual theme and developed educational materials for churches and schools each year since 1955.

More Information

For more information about Soil & Water Stewardship Week, please contact Troy Thompson, Information/Education Specialist.