STANSBURY PARK — When a massive rainstorm flooded Tooele County this past weekend, most people were focused on cleanup and damage assessments. But in one Stansbury Park classroom, all that water led to a unique learning opportunity.

“When I teach science, we have to attach it (to) real-life situations,” said Ketelyn Chaves, a fifth-grade teacher at Rose Springs Elementary School.

The first thing you might notice when you enter her classroom is that she and her students do all their lessons in Portuguese. It’s part of a dual-immersion program these students have been in since first grade.

However, the focus this week isn’t on language; it’s on science.

“Everything around us is science. Every time you look at something, there’s a scientific explanation for why,” Chaves said.

Chaves saw

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