Water in Our Desert Community Free Class Curriculum

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Water In Our Desert Community

Water In Our Desert Community is an instructional resource for people who care about water and the Sonoran Desert. Funded by a grant from the Arizona Department of Water Resources, the goal of the materials is:

"To provide students and teachers with information about central Arizona's water supply, water demand and the importance of wise water management in the Desert Southwest. This unit should strengthen the teachers' and students' awareness of the social, economic and environmental impact water management has on all water users in Arizona."

This curriculum was developed to:

help teachers implement the learning objectives outlined in the Arizona Science Essential Skills guidelines;
be broad enough for use in other disciplines, such as social studies and math; and
be implemented by teachers of sixth through ninth graders in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

While intended to supplement existing curricula, the sixteen activities include concepts, attitudes and skills emphasized in the Arizona Environmental Education Framework and many of the Arizona Essential Skills documents.

The activities also reflect a conceptual framework based upon seven themes:

The Properties and Importance of Water
History of Water in Arizona
Local Water Resources
Water Treatment
Water Users
Water Conservation
Water Problems and Issues
The Curriculum Framework and matrix of activities with Arizona Essential Skills and Environmental Education Goals and Concepts appear in the Appendices.

To receive a copy of the curriculum, contact your AMWUA member conservation office .

Arizona Municipal Water Users Association
3003 N. Central Ave., Suite 1550, Phoenix, AZ 85012
602-248-8482 • 602-248-8423 Fax
webmaster@amwua.org

The Arizona Municipal Water Users Association (AMWUA) is a voluntary, non-profit corporation established by municipalities in Maricopa County for the development of urban water resources policy.