Hosted by the Department of Water and several of its community partners, more than 650 students in the fifth grade were immersed in water education at the Vidinha Stadium soccer fields during the Make a Splash with Project WET festival.

WET stands for “Water Education Today,” and is based on the Common Core Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, or STEM, Educational Coalition objectives, states a press release from the DOW.

Project WET is a curriculum designed to empower educators to engage young people in understanding water and solving local and global challenges. The hands-on, investigative activities of Make A Splash prepare students for the water resource challenges of this century.

This is the 20th year DOW has presente

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