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..WATER FESTIVALS..

The Cape Cod Groundwater Guardian Team and Year XII AmeriCorp Cape Cod will be teaming up once again to offer festivals to Cape Cod Schools, grade 4-6 for the 2010-2011 school year. The complete Calendar of Water Festival Events is shown in the table below.


What is a Water Festival?

Water festivals are an interactive method of teaching students the fundamentals of water. In small groups, students progress through a series of hands-on stations exploring and learning. They take home a strong message about how water impacts their daily lives and leave the festival with new ideas to save and protect water through simple personal actions. Click here for a short video highlighting the festival activities.

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2010-2011 Wet & Wild Fundamentals of Water Festival Dates
SCHOOL
Grade
TOWN
Scheduled Date
Training
October 7
Wellfleet Elementary
Veterans Memorial
Truro Central
4th-5th
4th-6th
4th-6th
Regional
October 8
Chatham Middle

Chaham Elementary

5th

4th

Chatham November 5

Eastham Elementary

Holy Trinity

Orleans Elementary

4th-5th

4th-5th

4th-5th

Regional
November 19

N Falmouth Elementary
Bridgeview Montessori
4th
4th-6th
Regional
December 10
Barnstable Intermediate #1
6th
Barnstable
January 21
Barnstable Intermediate #2
6th
Barnstable
January 24
Centerville Elementary
3rd
Barnstable
January 28
Forestdale School

Oakridge School

5th

5th

Sandwich
February 11
Quashnet
5th
Mashpee
February 18
Mattacheese Middle
6th
Yarmouth
March 11
Hyannis West Elementary
3rd
Barnstable
March 25

Comments from Students and Teachers.
From students: 
“I learned to turn the water off when brushing your teeth.”
“I did not know that pollution could spread so fast and fertilizer was that bad. Now, I know why my mom buys
organic food.”
“ I learned that if fertilizer gets in the pond. It will make the plants grow and the plants will take up all of the
oxygen so the fish dies.” 
“An aquifer is the thing that holds all our drinking water.”
“I think learning about water is important because you know not to litter and clean up after your dogs.”
From teachers:
“Fantastic job! Americorps volunteers showed expertise and amazing professionalism. All the activities were
excellent. The activities that addressed the aquifer were particularly relevant to our situation on Cape Cod.”
“This was fantastic! We’d love to have it again next year .” 
“The students in our school will be able to carry the information they learned into their everyday lives.” 
Cape Cod Groundwater Guardian Team
P.O. Box 226
Barnstable, MA 02630
508-362-3828
www.capecodgroundwater.org
Email: water@capecodcommission.org
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