Fourth-graders from across the Verde Valley gathered in Cottonwood’s Dead Horse Ranch State Park last week to learn about water.
It was a big event for Project Wet, a program through the University of Arizona that works with agencies and communities across the state to promote education about that most precious resource along with efforts to improve education in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
The students, from schools in Cottonwood and Camp Verde and around the area, were busy moving from station to station set up Thursday, Oct. 23, where they could learn about the water cycle.
“It’s about water conservation,” said Bailee Young, one of the many volunteers helping to organize and run the day’s event. “We’re demonstrating how things work in the watershed.”
The events involved several games and demonstrations, showing how groundwater works and where water goes when it evaporates or runs down the side of a mountain.
In one area, children were engaged in a bit of role playing, living life through the eyes of a water molecule.
Some even go on to write stories about their journey through the world of H2O.
To read the full story, see the Wednesday, Oct. 29, edition of the Cottonwood Journal Extra.
