Blue Water Schools Network

09/05/2024

End your busy week by inspiring your students to care about their future and how they can help heal the world around them! This Conservation International video, narrated by Penelope Cruz, and told from the perspective of water, helps build empathy and understanding. Feeling inspired? Just imagine how your students will feel! Check out our website (link in bio) to access the quick, no prep, FREE lessons (including poetry and dance) inspired by this video. Remember to share our website with your friends and be sure to follow us!

09/04/2024

We are back with more of our FREE lesson plans to keep the momentum going this first week of school! Your students will feel lucky to be at school when they hear the story of Georgie Badiel’s childhood experiences getting water for her village in Susan Verde’s book, The Water Princess. Students will learn about the challenges and inequities faced by children who live without access to clean water. Check out our website (link in bio) to see the range of lessons that ‘springboard’ from this book that will engage your students in a range of subject areas including Math, Phys. Ed., Drama, Dance, Social Studies., Science...
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09/04/2024

We hope everyone is feeling excited and prepared this first week of school… but we have you covered if you’re not!
This provocative image of critically acclaimed artist, Benjamin Vonwong’s art installation, , is the inspiration behind some quick and easy lessons BWSN has created to engage your students in learning about the urgency of getting plastic production under control.

Check out our website (linked in our bio) for these quick, FREE, no or low prep lessons you can use to ease yourself into this new school year! Share with your friends and be sure to follow us!

09/02/2024

Feeling unprepared for the first day of school? As teachers we know how you feel! Make back-to-school easier with BWSN. We are here to make your teaching easier, impactful and engaging! Infuse the important learning around water effortlessly into your first week back and set the stage for a school year filled with meaningful education.

Check out our website (linked in bio) for super quick, no or low prep, FREE lesson plans for all grades and subjects.

Come back everyday this week for new lesson plan inspiration that will help us all make it through our first week back! Share with your friends and be sure to follow us!

07/03/2024

Congratulations Dunwich-Dutton Public School!!!

Congratulations to Dunwich Dutton Public School on receiving Blue School Certification for their commitment to water preservation!
They also recently celebrated raising $3450 for Ryan’s Well Fundraiser and receiving an ECO Platinum Award for partnering with the Optimist Club for Earth Day.

06/30/2024

Congratulations to Dunwich-Dutton Public School in Dutton, ON as they become certified as a Blue Water School!

Blue Water Schools Network was honoured to attend an assembly where Dunwich-Dutton P.S. celebrated their learning about water, how to protect it, the human right to water, and how plastics cause harm to water.

The K-8 elementary school was honoured to welcome the Mayor, members of the Municipal Council and Optimistic Club members as these town dignitaries helped acknowledge the school’s learning around water and the school’s contributions in the community. Over the course of the year, Dunwich-Dutton P.S. worked with the Optimist Club on the Team Up to Clean Up project, cleaning up their community which helped divert many plastics from local water sources. The grade 6s organized and held an event recently that raised $3,410 for the

At the assembly, students performed an Indigenous water song and presented them with their Platinum certification. It was an amazing and inspiring culminating event that showcased the incredible work of the staff and students around water education and awareness. We are honoured to certify Dunwich-Dutton Public School as a Blue Water School. We couldn’t be happier to recognnize their hardwork, commitment to water education and the dedication of the staff and students to making a difference and working towards a blue future.

05/14/2024

Did you know that the amount of water used to make a single pair of jeans is equivalent to the amount of water the average person drinks in about 7 years?

Find out the startling facts about how much water is used in the fashion industry, and how we can do better, by checking out our related lessons based on the article, “UN Launches Drive to Highlight Environmental Cost of Staying Fashionable.”

Check out these and many more free lessons for all grade levels on our website! Link in our bio!

Photo credit:
Stephen Leahey, author of, “Your Water Footprint: The Shocking Facts About How Much Water We Use To Make Everyday Products.”

04/26/2024

Have you seen any of our great lesson plans yet? Here is one we love, along with example work from a class at our first pilot school, Queen Elizabeth Public School in Ottawa.

We have lessons for all grade levels and subjects that aim to educate youth about water. Every lesson is FREE, low- or no-prep and includes all resources, instructions, and even suggested follow-up activities.

Take a look at our website for more engaging lessons you can use today! We are adding new ones regularly and we’re keen to know what you think 🙂

04/25/2024

Want to know more about Blue Water Schools Network? Check out our website at www.bluewaterschoolsnetwork.ca to learn about who we are and what we do.