Canadian Teachers are Waiting for Over 2,700 Sponsored Kits to be Sent to their Schools

Canadian teachers are currently waiting for over 2,700 sponsored Operation Water Drop, Operation Water Pollution and Operation Water Biology kits to be sent to their schools.  Individuals and companies can sponsor kits for schools.  If you/your company sponsors kits, you/your company will be acknowledged in the letter that accompanies the kit.  You can even decide in which geographic area your kits will be dispersed or to which specific school(s).  Please e-mail info@safewater.org if you would like to sponsor Operation Water Drop, Operation Water Pollution and/or Operation Water Biology kits or if you would like more information.
 

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Need Sponsored Kits?
If you would like to use the Operation Water Drop, Operation Water Pollution and/or Operation Water Biology program in your classroom and need a sponsored kit please e-mail the following information to info@safewater.org: your school's name, complete mailing address, what type(s) of kits and how many of each type of kit you would like.  We will add your school to the growing waiting list. Also, be sure to sign up on the Imagineaction website this month (a program of the Canadian Teachers' Federation) in order to try to get sponsored kits through Imagineaction funding (www.imagine-action.ca).
 
Home Education School Programs Template for Change

Template for Change (T4C)

Lesson Plans

T4C is a program that resulted from the Action Plans in the final lesson plan of Operation Water Drop. As students made their Community Action Plan as part of the closing to the school program, parents and community members became aware of the students' perspectives on drinking water and requested that the action plan become a blueprint for implementation and not end in the classroom. With this goal in mind T4C was developed, with financial support from Alberta Ecotrust.

At the same time as communities were requesting a need for guidance, the Yellow Quill people were greatly appreciative of the help they received from the SDWF and they wanted to "give back", or to help other communities. In spring of 2004, Saddle Lake First Nation in Alberta was also helped by scientists from the SDWF and they, too, wanted to help other communities with similar challenges.

SDWF developed Template for Change during fall 2004, a blueprint to guide/lead communities through the challenges and obstacles that restrict the quality of water for their citizens.

It is recommended that students organize local "Water Awareness" workshops, or information sessions, for anyone interested in attending from their own community and from neighbouring communities. T4C includes an introductory presentation from Dr. Hans, with recorded presentations on DVD from the people of Yellow Quill First Nation, Saddle Lake First Nation and Six Nations, as well as many other prominent speakers such as David Suzuki! T4C is a total of 12 DVDs with over 16 hours of recorded presentations that include all speaker presentations from the SDWF International Conference "The Future of Water Treatment".

Cost

Lesson plans are available free of charge online.

How to Order

E-mail info@safewater.org or call 1-306-934-0389 and we will provide you with a T4C DVD set.

This project has been made possible by the generous support of the following donors:

Thomas Sill Foundation


Arc Angelo Family Foundation