ANNUALREPORT

2011 -2012 STUDENT EDUCATION PROGRAM

2011 -2012 STUDENT EDUCATION PROGRAM

ANNUALREPORT

For more information, contact:Ely Teragli

Education and Outreach

(503) 681-4463

teraglie@cleanwaterservices.org

cleanwaterservices.org

517 students from 17 schools or community groups visited one of our wastewater treatment facilities. Over half of those students participated in either River Rangers or Sewer Science, giving them a real-life look at what they learned in the classroom.

Facility Tours

In the Classroom

Sewer Science

268 students in 8 classes from 6 high schools participated in a week-long interactive classroom lab replicating the wastewater treatment process. Participating classes ranged from general science to IB/AP classes.

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River Rangers 3,787 students and their families in 107 classes from 47 elementary schools learned about the water cycle, watersheds, pollution prevention and wastewater treatment through our interactive River Rangers presentation.

Introduction Clean Water Services offers free classroom and field study water education programs for kindergarten through college students in the Tualatin River Watershed. Students learn about watershed health, wastewater treatment, resource recovery, the causes and effects of water pollution and how they can help protect our rivers and streams. Programs are coordinated through Government and Public Affairs but would not be possible without help from several District departments and programs including: Watershed Management; Regulatory Affairs; Laboratory Services; Wastewater Treatment; Engineering, and Field Operations. Thank you partners!

The 2011-2012 Student Education Annual Report summarizes programs that meet the objectives outlined in the District’s Student Education Strategy. The Strategy seeks to advance the following objectives in any District or partner education program:

• Behavior Change: Promote behaviors that support understanding of the environment and the health of the Tualatin River watershed. • Resource Recovery and Renewal: Promote integrated management of natural resources concepts including water use; resource/energy recovery; nutrient and carbon cycle; and the interactions of human and natural environments. • Career Development: Nurture future water professionals through career development opportunities and exposure to a variety of water environment professions. • Teacher Development: Provide formal and informal training for teachers and environmental educators on protection of watershed health and natural resources in order to help meet state science standards. • Partnerships: Leverage resources through supporting existing watershed education programs through in-kind or funded partnerships. • Branding: Build trust, credibility, and support for the work of CWS.

Two stormwater planters were installed at Cedar Park Middle School in Beaverton to slow down and filter runoff from

3,000 sq. feet of the school’s roof. Clean Water Services and school staff guided 90 8th grade science students through the design and planting process. The school will maintain the planters with the District’s help and the site will be used for continued education and outreach.

Reedville Elementary students, staff and other community members, with help from Clean Water Services, installed a cistern to irrigate the community garden that was planted last year. Engineering staff will also mentor an Eagle Scout who plans to build a pump house as a final project next year.

Green Infrastructure

Science Fairs

Clean Water Services staff participated at:

• Beaverton/Intel Science Fair

• Lenox Elementary Science Fair

• Whitford Middle School Science Fair

• Oregon Science Teachers Association annual conference

110 OSU Engineering

Students toured the

Rock Creek

Treatment Facility

and 90 PSU

Sustainability

students toured

the Durham

Treatment Facility

to learn about our nutrient recovery

process. Clean Water Services served

as a case study for 12 OSU

Professional Science Masters Students.

Funded more than $124,000 worth of programs, presentations, competitions and camps through non-profit and partner organizations. Including:

• $22,000 for SOLVE Green Team

• $20,000 for Student Watershed Research Project

• $7,500 for Bienestar Summer Camp

• $7,000 through PNCWA for Adopt-A-School Grants, Stockholm Jr. Water Prize and World Water Monitoring Challenge • $3,000 through Partners for Clean Water for Living Stream presentations by Will Hornyak • $1,500 for the Children’s Clean Water Festival • $1,355 for bus transportation to tours, planting events and festivals

Partnerships and Funding

191 students from Aloha and Tigard High School and Fowler Middle School participated in planting, restoration and invasive species removal work led by Watershed staff.

71 student volunteers placed 390 storm drain markers in Washington County neighborhoods.

H O Careers

In the Field

Watershed staff visited 35 students at Beaverton’s Arts & Communication Magnet Academy to discuss design and construction of restoration projects in urban settings.

150 Evergreen Middle School students visited Fernhill Wetlands to test water quality, plant some natives and learn about macroinvertebrates.

50 5th and 6th grade students from Springville K-8 toured Hagg Lake/Scoggins Dam to learn about water supply and flow in the Tualatin River, led by Clean Water Services staff and partners.

P ugging into the Community

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