Joined the Team WET Schools team: September 2006

Team WET Schools Campus Coordinator: Sherise Gowdy

Number of WET in the City Teachers: 11

Student Water Stewardship Project: Install an Outdoor Aquatic Learning Habitat and host a Water-themed Festival

Teachers from Umphrey Lee Elementary School proclaim their pride
that their school was chosen to participate in the Dallas Team WET Schools program.

WET in the City Educator Training Workshop for Team WET Schools

October 26, 2006

Umphrey Lee teachers cruise through their new copies of the WET in the City Curriculum & Activity Guide.	A teacher from Umphrey Lee presents the activity "H2Olympics" and discusses the physical and chemical properties of water with his colleagues.
Teachers at Umphrey Lee simulate a thunderstorm and measure the distribution of rainwater in the storm that they create.	A teacher from Umphrey Lee learns what it is like to travel through the water cycle as a molecule of water in "The Incredible Journey."

Planning and Implementing a Water Stewardship Project

December 2006: Sherise Gowdy, Umphrey Lee's Team WET Schools Campus Coordinator, discusses the processes involved with installing an outdoor aquatic learning environment with Brett Johnson, an Urban Wildlife Biologist with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.