Date: November 10, 2017

Location: Fort Atkinson

School: Barrie Elementary

Grade: 3rd Grade

Number of Students: 18

Length: 45 minutes – 1 hour per shift

Style: Classroom presentation

Number of Protect Wisconsin Waterways Representatives: 4

On November 10th we had the opportunity to visit Barrie Elementary school in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. We presented our Protect Wisconsin Waterways powerpoint and demonstrated the enviroscape model to Mrs. Schroeder’s 3rd grade class. There were a total of 18 students present that day during our visit. Our visit complemented the class’ curriculum as well, since the children were in their water unit in science talking about runoff. The students were very engaged with the presentation, especially when speaking about their favorite waterway activities such as fishing, swimming, boating. In addition, the children were very engaged with brainstorming ideas about how they can help around their house. During the enviroscape presentation, children took turns squirting water on the model and explaining how “weather town” was similar to this rural area of Wisconsin. At the end of our visit, the student proceeded to continue with their lesson about runoff, where the team was able to listen to the lesson while cleaning up.

 


 

Date: November 20, 2017

Location: Fort Atkinson

School: Barrie Elementary

Grade: 3rd Grade

Number of Students: 20

Length: 45 minutes – 1 hour per shift

Style: Classroom presentation

Number of Protect Wisconsin Waterways Representatives: 3

On November 20th we had a second opportunity to visit Barrie Elementary School in Fort Atkinson. We presented our Protect Wisconsin Waterways powerpoint and demonstrated the enviroscape model to Mrs. Schroeder’s 3rd grade class. There were approximately 20 students present that day during our visit. The students were very engaged with the presentation, and had a lot of questions. In addition, the children were very engaged with brainstorming ideas about how they can help around their house. During the enviroscape presentation, children took turns squirting water on the model while we explained all the different pollutions visible. At the end of our visit, we gave wristbands, and pencils to the students.