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Tours & Outreach Request Contact Information Name * Name First First Last Last Email * Phone * How would you describe your role? * Club / Group Leader Educator (Professional) Tour or Presentation Organizer Business Manager / Staff Government Administrator / Staff Agency / Business / Group / School * Subject / Specialization * Tour / Outreach Information Desired Date * Alternate Date * Group Size * Location (Alternate location options for portable tour programs) * BWD Water Education Center Bring to my school OtherOther If weather does not permit outdoor curriculum, would indoor curriculum be acceptable? * Yes No Grade Level (select all that apply) * Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12 All OtherOther Please enter any custom Presentation or Tour requests Introductory Activities Beaver Lake Watershed Animal Safari Yes No Grade 1-3 | 1.5 hours | Portable Outdoors or Indoors | BWD or Other Location | Print Your Own Safari Signs | Lawn, playground, gymnasium, or classroom search for signs with pictures and names of animal species that inhabit the Beaver Lake Watershed. Castor & Randy's Scavenger Hunt Yes No Grade 2-6 | 1.5 hours | Portable Outdoors or Indoors | BWD or Other Location | Print Your Own Hunt Signs | Introduction to or review of water resources concepts: Watersheds, Source Waters, How Humans Use Land, Water Cycle, Drinking Water Treatment Processes & Terminology, Daily Home Water Use Habits. Water Education Center & Low Impact Development Scavenger Hunt Yes No Grade 4-12 & Adults | 1.5 hours | Indoors & Outdoors | Only Available at BWD | Introduction to or review of water resources concepts: Beaver Dam, Lake & Water District History; Drinking Water Treatment Processes & Terminology; Water Cycle; Watersheds; Source Waters; How Humans Use Land; Daily Home Water Use Habits. Advanced Tours Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) & Low Impact Development Yes No Grade 4-12 & Adults | 1.25-2.25 hours | Indoors & Outdoors | Only Available at BWD | Students/participants will compare and contrast conventional construction, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), and Low Impact Development (LID) methods and goals. Research teams will explore the various aspects of LEED and LID purposes and practices. Drinking Water Treatment Processes, History, & Careers Yes No Grade 4-12 & Adults | 2.25 hours | Indoors | Only Available at BWD | Meet with Beaver Water District employees to learn about the various water treatment career areas. View/discuss Drinking Water Treatment Processes DVD and the interactive scale model of the BWD drinking water treatment facility. Engineering Careers in Drinking Water Resource Management & Treatment Yes No Grade 7-12 & Adults | 2.25 hours | Indoors | Only Available at BWD | Meet with Beaver Water District engineers to learn about the various water treatment career areas. View/discuss Drinking Water Treatment Processes DVD and the interactive scale model of the BWD drinking water treatment facility. Modules (Select 1 or 2) Location Options "Build-Your-Own" BWD Tour Bring to my school OtherOther Drinking Water Treatment Yes No Grade 2-12 | .75 hour | Portable Indoors | Introduction to or review of water resources concepts: Watersheds, Source Waters, How Humans Use Land, Water Cycle, Drinking Water Treatment Processes & Terminology, Daily Home Water Use Habits. “Go Where Raindrops Go" - The Ups & Downs of the Water Cycle and the Beaver Lake Watershed Yes No Grade 2-3 | .75 hour | Portable Indoors & Outdoors | Connect-The-“Elevation”-Dots activity to introduce topographic mapping basics, plus “Hills & Hollers” drainage and watershed delineation. Pervious Concrete Demonstration Yes No Grade 4-12 & Adults | .75 hour | Outdoors | Only Available at BWD | Flow-rate experiment familiarizes participants with characteristics, composition, and function of pervious pavement, used in Low Impact Development (LID), for purposes of removing pollutants in stormwater and reducing runoff. Drinking Water Treatment Yes No Grade 4-12 & Adults | .75 hour | Portable Indoors | Introduction to or review of water resources concepts: Watersheds, Source Waters, How Humans Use Land, Water Cycle, Drinking Water Treatment Processes & Terminology, Daily Home Water Use Habits. Beaver Lake Watershed Topographic Map Activity Yes No Grade 4-12 & Adults | 1 hour | Portable Indoors | Introduction to topographic mapping, map components, watershed delineation, stream classification, development to accommodate human population growth, land use/land change, point vs. non-point source pollution, best management practices for watershed/stream protection. Stream Table Demonstration: Watershed & Stream Dynamics Yes No Grade 4-12 & Adults | 1.5 hours | Portable Indoors & Outdoors | Participants observe the dynamics of flowing water and discuss the major factors that determine or affect stream and watershed characteristics. Water Analysis: Chemical & Physical Properties of Water Yes No Grade 7-12 & Adults | 1.5 hours | Outdoors | Only available at BWD April - September | Students/participants identify water samples as bottled water vs. tap water by utilizing various water analysis technologies to test chemical and physical properties. Water Quality Testing Methods, Materials, & Equipment Yes No Grade 5-12 & Adults | 1.5 hours | Portable Indoors | Presenter & Students/Participants discuss (with PowerPoint visuals) the accuracy and cost of different water testing methods; view & examine water sampling & testing materials & equipment; analyze & interpret data from a Beaver Lake Depth/Temperature profile to locate the Thermocline, identify factors that affect it, & explain its significance as an indicator of Water Quality; evaluate 2 or more test result data sets to determine why or why not a given sample is BWD tap water or bottled/other water. reCAPTCHA If you are human, leave this field blank. 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