WET Activity Adaptations and Applications
Have you developed any fantastic adaptations or applications of WET activities? Please share these with other teachers around Arizona. Send them to Arizona Project WET.
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Adaptations of Activities from the Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide
Color Me a Watershed:
- Color Me a Watershed: Map A (Pre-colored) (.pdf file 459KB)
- Color Me a Watershed: Map B (Pre-colored) (.pdf file 436KB)
- Color Me a Watershed: Map C (Pre-colored) (.pdf file 443KB)
- Color Me a Watershed: Graphs (.pdf file 43KB)
Incredible Journey:
- Graphics for the Incredible Journey Dice (.pdf file 563Kb) Make sure to read the printing directions on the first page!
- How to make the Incredible Journey box (.pdf file 10Kb)
- Print Incredible Journey Wall Signs (.pdf file)
- Project WET Activity: Imagine! (.pdf file 10Kb) Great follow-up activity
- Incredible Journey Travel Log (.doc file 102Kb)
Water Jeopardy:
- Jeopardy Game (.doc file 24KB)
- Jeopardy Answers (.doc file 26KB)
Piece It Together: card corrections:
- Piece It Together - temperature, precipitation, population density (.doc file 21KB)
Raining Cats & Dogs Icebreaker :
- Icebreaker Adaptation (.doc file 22KB)
Drop in the Bucket:
- We have provided correct numbers in acre-feet since million and billion liters is a tough unit to work with.
Water Availability Table (.pdf file 9K)
Get the Groundwater Picture
- Groundwater Flow Model Demonstration Script (.pdf file 60 Kb)
Adaptations of Activities from the Discover a Watershed: The Colorado Educators' Guide
An Invited Guest
- Buffelgrass in Southern Arizona (YouTube, 9.5 min.) Many noted public figures speak on the impact of this issue.
Other Applications
Classroom Management Tips
- Classroom Management for Successful Student Inquiry (.pdf file 69Kb)
- Ideas About Classroom Management (.pdf file 73Kb)
- Managing the Inquiry Classroom (.pdf file 57Kb)
Maps from Discover a Watershed: the Colorado and Arizona Conserve Water Educator Guides
- Arizona Geographic Maps (.pdf file 1.9Mb)
- Maps of the Colorado River Watershed (.pdf file 1.2Mb)
Climate Change
- Climate Change 101 and the Changing Hydrologic Cycle (.ppt file 7.3 Mb)
- Arizona Climograph Puzzler (.ppt file 610 Kb)
- Greenhouse Effect In the Classroom (.pdf file 1.1 Mb)
- Climate Change Links:
- cloud animation, http://cals.arizona.edu/climate/misc/clouds.mov
- global water vapor, http://cals.arizona.edu/climate/misc/movie_WV.mpg
Applying WET to Other Curricular Objectives
- Project WET Activities Promote Literacy (.pdf file 67 Kb)
This document correlates Project WET activities to literacy skills. - Activities to assist with Science Fair, Science Olympiad & Invention Convention ( .pdf file 125 Kb) From Project WET Curriculum and Activity Guide, Conserve Water Educators' Guide, Healthy Water Healthy People, and WOW- Wonders of Wetlands
- Teach a Unit on Drought ( .pdf file 95 Kb)
Powerpoint Presentations
- Arizona's Water Resources 2006 (.ppt file 2,215 KB)
- Arizona Conserve Water opening slide show (.ppt file 17.9 Mb)
New and innovative teaching aids will be developed and made available to educators on an on-going basis.
