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Workshop Detail: Wednesday, July 22, 2009
(6-8): Raising Your Water IQ: A Water Conservation Curriculum
presented by
Linda Ruiz McCall, B.S, M.B.A., M.A. , Texas Water Development Board
Curriculum Developed by Texas Water Development Board
Have fun and build your understanding of Texas water resources with this opportunity to learn from scientists and water resource experts. This workshop includes hands-on lab activities, technology integration, and expert presentations on real-world problems in Texas water resources. Learn about the current Texas State Water Plan and how you can bring the message of water conservation to your students. Receive a copy of the Raising Your Water IQ CD-Rom with teachers guide, maps, games, conservation literature and links to water resource information. Raising Your Water IQ is an inquiry based approach to teaching middle school students about Texas water resources and how to conserve water resources for today and the future.
Four messages are central to this curriculum:
- Where Does Our Water Come From?
- Who Uses Water and How Do We Use It?
- Why and How Do We Conserve Water?
- How Can We Plan Our Water Future?
Activities and lesson plans in this curriculum offer structured opportunities to practice the concepts in a classroom. Watersheds and surface water systems are related to groundwater systems. Point and non-point source pollution, porosity and permeability are explored in hands-on and minds-on activities.
Linda Ruiz McCall is an educator, business woman and geologist with experience in government service, private industry and public education. Ms. McCall holds a Bachelor of Science in Geological Sciences from The University of Texas, a Masters in Business Administration from The University of Texas, and a Master of Arts in Secondary Science Education from Teachers College of Columbia University. She lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Michael, and their three daughters. Presently, Ms. McCall works for the Texas Water Development Board Water Science and Conservation Division.
Summer Institute, a component of the MIDAS Project, is supported by a