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PHX Water Smart Teaching Workshops
Join the City of Phoenix Water Conservation Office for educational water workshops for educators, by educators!
What is Water Smart Teaching?
Water Smart Teaching is a fun and interactive program for high school teachers to learn about water conservation in Phoenix! You'll get easy-to-use lessons and activities to teach your students how to save water and protect our environment.
Join us for four optional sessions in June 2025 at Burton Barr Library or online, each with new topics, delicious food, and practical ideas for teaching!
Why Should You Sign Up?
There are so many reasons to join us at the Water Smart Teaching workshops!
- Water Knowledge: You will gain knowledge of water conservation and resources to bring back to your high school classroom, no matter which subject(s) you teach. However, this is not the only perk!
- Earn CEUs: You can earn two CEU (Continuing Education Unit) hours per session you attend, for a total of eight CEUs if you attend all four sessions.
- Certificate & Water Treatment Plant Tour Drawing: If you attend at least three out of four optional sessions, you will earn a certificate and be entered in a drawing to win a water treatment plant tour for your classroom(s), including a Q&A session with Water Services staff before the tour.
- Networking: Each session, attendees will get chances to work in groups with other educators and water professionals. There, they can work through activities together, network, share ideas and resources for their classrooms, and make friends!
- Teacher Cohort: Once you have completed the courses, you can join a new cohort of interdisciplinary teachers that will meet occasionally throughout the year to continue to discuss water conservation and resources and share ideas. This group will provide a place where educators can share their triumphs and struggles in the classroom with water-related topics. The participants can also lean on each other and a helpful PHX Water team member for resources and ideas. Finally, they can help strengthen the Water Conservation Office’s goal of supporting youth education.
What to Expect
In each session, we will discuss one main topic. Then, we will try an activity and lesson plan that you can take back to your own classroom. In the last session, you will work with other teachers to develop your own lesson plan using what you have learned throughout all the sessions you attended. Each of the four sessions offers a unique opportunity to learn and collaborate:
Session 1: Phoenix Water and Water in the West
- Discover the history of water in the West and tackle a real-world challenge in a decision-making simulation!
Session 2: Water Conservation in Phoenix
- Explore Phoenix’s water-saving strategies and try a resource management activity for your classroom!
Session 3: What You Can Do!
- Calculate water footprints and create fun conservation plans with your students!
Session 4: Water in the Classroom
- Integrate water topics into your curriculum with connections to science standards and test out a drought simulation game!
Join us for some or all sessions to learn more about water conservation and resources for your high school classroom!
Workshop Schedule
Find the workshop schedule below. Each session will take place at Burton Barr Central Library (1221 N Central Ave, Phoenix) OR online depending on your preference, from 10 AM to 12 PM. Lunch will be served at the end of each workshop for in-person attendees. A confirmation email including a link and calendar invite will be sent to you soon after you sign up. All sessions will be recorded for future viewing.
Session 1: Phoenix Water and Water in the West
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Session 2: Water Conservation in Phoenix
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Session 3: What You Can Do!
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Session 4: Water in the Classroom
Thursday, June 12, 2025
WATER You Waiting for? Sign Up Today!
Sign up today to take part in the Water Smart Teaching Program! Then, share the program with another teacher you know. We’re so excited to see you this Summer!
Click on Above Image to Download the Water Smart Teaching Flyer
For further questions, please email us at Conservation@phoenix.gov and add “Water Smart Teaching” in your email subject line.
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