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	WET in the City in Irving

	Irving Water Festival

The City of Irving Public Works/Water Utilities has partnered with the Council for Environmental Education to bring WET in the City to Irving, Texas . During the first year of this partnership, more than 100 educators will be trained to bring WET in the City into their classrooms with the aim of reaching more than 6,000 youth. In addition, the Council for Environmental Education will work with the City of Irving to host a water festival on May 12, 2007.


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		WET in the City has been making a big splash in Irving. There have been four WET in the City workshops held in Irving and teachers have begun to use activities from the WET in the City Curriculum and Activity Guide in their classrooms. Teachers have also found ways to use the activities outside of the classroom. Teachers at Brandenburg Elementary School, for example, have developed an after school program that focuses on learning more about water. Click here to check out a short (2:32 min.) video featuring an overview of Irving's WET in the City program and a glimpse at a WET in the City workshop in action.

		Teachers learn about the availability of fresh water at the very first Irving WET in the City workshop, held on October 28, 2006.
		Teachers from Brandenburg Elementary School describe how they have used activities from the WET in the City Curriculum & Activity Guide to develop an after school program for their students.
		Teachers work together to determine the health of a stream based on information about the life that exists in and around the waterway.
		A representative from the City of Irving answers questions from teachers at a workshop held at North Lake College on March 31, 2007.
		Teachers work together to determine whether one of their unknown liquids is water.
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		The City of Irving Water Utilities hosted their annual Water Festival on Saturday, May 12, 2007. Time: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Location: Valley VIew Municipal Complex Address: 333 Valley View Lane Click here to find out more.

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