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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
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SCHOOL
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Grade
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TOWN
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Scheduled Date
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Training
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October 7
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Wellfleet Elementary
Veterans Memorial
Truro Central
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4th-5th
4th-6th
4th-6th
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Regional
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October 8
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| Chatham Middle
Chaham Elementary
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5th
4th
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Chatham |
November 5
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Eastham Elementary
Holy Trinity
Orleans Elementary
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Regional
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N Falmouth Elementary
Bridgeview Montessori
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4th
4th-6th
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Regional
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December 10
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Barnstable Intermediate #1
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6th
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Barnstable
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January 21
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Barnstable Intermediate #2
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6th
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Barnstable
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January 24
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Centerville Elementary
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3rd
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Barnstable
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January 28
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Forestdale School
Oakridge School
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Sandwich
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February 11
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Quashnet
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5th
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Mashpee
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February 18
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Mattacheese Middle
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6th
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Yarmouth
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March 11
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Hyannis West Elementary
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3rd
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Barnstable
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March 25
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Comments from Students and Teachers.
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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.”
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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.”
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