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Youth Activities and Lesson Plans
The City of Phoenix Water Services Department knows that creating a Water Smart community starts with its youth!
Check out water conservation classroom activities and lesson plans down below, or reach out to us if you have any requests!
Learn With Wayne and Friends!
These mascot-themed educational resources and activities help to make learning fun and easy!
Meet our Mascots
Before you dive into being a Phoenix Water steward, you need to meet our Water Smart mascots: Wayne Drop, Stormwater Hopper, and Mr. Loo Poo
Mascot Coloring and Activity Booklets
Click on a booklet image to download
Deep Dive Videos - English
Classroom Lesson Plans
Because water is essential to life, it is an intriguing and diverse theme through which educators can teach STEM skills and literacy skills at all grade levels. Use one of the below lessons and resources for ideas of how to bring water into your classroom. Click on a heading below to expand the that group and view/download the lesson plans.
The Water Cycle - Lessons that demonstrate how water is constantly moving and changing form as it travels in the earth system.
Why Do We Call Water A Liquid? (K through 2)
What Turns Water Into Ice? (K through 2)
Why Does Water Turn Into a Gas? (K through 2)
How Does Water Vapor Change Into Liquid Water? (K through 2)
Your Water Resources - Lessons about where our water comes from, how it is stored, and how it gets to your home.
Many Trips to Phoenix (Middle School, High School)
Surface Water: Dam It Up! (Middle School, High School)
There's Water Underground (Middle School, High School)
Yesterday and Today (Middle School, High School)
Pioneer Phoenicians (Middle School, High School)
How Much Will You Pay? (Middle School, High School)
How Is Water Collected and Saved for Us? (K through 2)
Water Science and Characteristics - Lessons about the characteristics and importance of water for life on the planet.
Water You Drink? (Desert Plant Adaptations) (Middle School, High School)
Water is Our Best Friend (K through 2)
Water Conservation and Efficiency - Lessons exploring how we can use water wisely.
How Can We Save Water? (K through 2)
All the Water In the World (Middle School, High School)
The Water You Use (Middle School, High School)
The Water They Use (Middle School, High School)
Saving Water at Home (Middle School, High School) (Science, Math, Social Studies)
Caring for Our Watershed - Lessons exploring how to care for our watershed and the environment.
Our Educational Partner Programs
Water Festivals and Teacher Academies with our partner, Arizona Project WET
A Project WET water festival is a interactive day of lessons and activities, where staff and volunteers teach Phoenix's 4th-grade students about water resources and conservation topics. This is a great opportunity to build the resilience of our desert community by engaging with and educating students to become stewards of our desert community's most precious resource.
Visit our Conservation Events page to learn more about the Arizona Project WET programming, including volunteering opportunities with us. Teachers and curriculum coordinators are also invited to attend Teacher Academies, coordinated by Project WET. Teacher Academies provide professional development that evolves teachers' instructional practice and water-related content mastery through STEM integration, student-directed learning, real-world and relevant application, and collaborative work.
Other Online Water and Conservation Activities
- Water Cycle Interactive at DiscoverWater.org
- Explore Watersheds at Discoverwater.org
- Investigate Fresh Water Habitats at DiscoverWater.org
- Discover Ocean Habitats at DiscoverWater.org
- Build a Water Documentary at Beyond the Mirage
- Water Properties and Measurements (USGS Water Science School Resources)