California Water Service Launches Fourth Annual Student Water Conservation Competition
December 11 2017 - 4:41PM
(NYSE:CWT) -- California Water Service (Cal Water) and its
partner, the North American Association for Environmental Education
(NAAEE), announced today the launch of the fourth annual Cal Water
H2O Challenge. Fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade classrooms in Cal
Water service areas are eligible to compete for cash prizes and an
overnight field trip by designing solutions for local water
conservation issues.
The Cal Water H2O Challenge classroom contest is a project-based
competition for schools seeking to enhance students’ understanding
of water-based science concepts. Over the course of four to eight
weeks, students and their teachers will initiate, develop, and
implement a project focused on a community-based water issue. Each
portfolio submission will include a description of the project
goals, student research, science and/or engineering
experimentation, actions to solve a local water issue, public
outreach efforts, and student/teacher reflections.
The program offers a unique opportunity for teachers to
incorporate English, math, and language arts Common Core State
Standards into a hands-on learning project, and complements Next
Generation Science Standards. Participating teachers will also
receive technical, expert, and monetary support via educational
resources and consultants throughout the competition.
“The students participating in the Cal Water H2O Challenge
continually inspire us with their creativity and viable, real-life
solutions,” said Martin A. Kropelnicki, Cal Water President and
CEO. “Their innovations benefit our state and encourage their
communities to actively address water conservation. We’re sure this
year will be equally rewarding.”
Christiane Maertens, NAAEE Deputy Director, sees no end to the
program benefits. “The Cal Water H2O Challenge shows how involving
students in hands-on, water conservation projects leads them to
grasp the importance of local and global natural resources,”
Maertens said. “The program is creating next-generation
conservationists. Students are walking away with stronger values of
social responsibility, environmental stewardship, and community
involvement.”
The grand prize-winning classroom will receive $3,500 and an
all-expenses-paid, tent-camping trip for the classroom students to
the Santa Monica Mountains with NatureBridge for a nature and
science education experience. Other winning classes will receive
grants and additional prizes for students and teachers, while early
registrants will be entered into a lottery for a chance to win one
of 20 $500 grants.
Last year’s grand-prize winner, Emily Akimoto and her
fifth-grade students from Sierra View Elementary (Chico, Calif.),
developed a project inspired by the water quality disaster in
Flint, Mich.: They set out to measure the levels of constituents in
the water at their school. Ms. Akimoto explains the impact of the
project on her class: “My students were so excited about this
project, and that excitement translated into authentic learning. My
students were willing to give their own time, often spending their
lunches in my classroom researching and writing. They would work at
home. They found ways to use technology to collaborate with each
other. In short, their excitement for learning and passion for the
project was something that could have never come from a
textbook.”
For more information, visit challenge.calwater.com.
About Cal Water
California Water Service serves about 2 million people through
482,400 service connections in California. The company has provided
water service in the state since 1926. Additional information
may be obtained online at www.calwater.com.
About NAAEE
The North American Association for Environmental Education is a
membership organization dedicated to accelerating environmental
literacy and civic engagement through education. NAAEE supports a
network of more than 20,000 members working in environmental
education in more than 30 countries through direct membership and
54 regional affiliate organizations. For more information, visit
www.naaee.net.
Contact:Yvonne Kingman(310) 257-1434
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