Teacher and Classroom Information

Louisville Water educators visit with thousands of students every year.

Using water as a teaching tool connects science, social studies, and practical living to real world experiences.

Classroom visits and most virtual resources are free.

Engage your students in a variety of ways:

• Digital lessons: Downloadable classroom resources, experiments, and videos created just for teachers
• Virtual programs taught by a Louisville Water educator
• Classroom visits from a Louisville Water educator

Our core lessons include:

• Tapper’s Big Adventure: Where’s the Water?
  In our children’s story of the same name, Tapper takes a journey through the community to discover the many different ways that people use water every day. Students will learn how various careers rely on water and how certain jobs at Louisville Water work together to keep our community healthy, hydrated and working.
• Clean Hands Up! (Proper handwashing and germ prevention)
  Students will learn where germs hide, how they can make you sick, and ways to stop them from spreading.  A fun experiment will teach the proper handwashing technique to keep their schools and communities healthy.
• Properties of Water
  Students will discover the unique properties of water while reinforcing the meaning of the word “properties” as it relates to science. Through hands-on experiments, they’ll learn things like water is sticky, can magnify, and has the ability to stretch.
• Ohio River (Protecting Our Water Source)
  Students will learn the importance of the Ohio River, a healthy, plentiful community water source, and their responsibility to protect it.  They’ll discover how pollution travels, ways to lessen our impact, and how Louisville Water cleans the Ohio River to consistently deliver high quality drinking water.
• The Water Cycle
  Students will gain a basic understanding of how the water cycle works and the states of water.  They’ll take a journey as a water droplet moving through the water cycle without leaving the classroom.
• Weathering and Erosion
  Students will learn that weathering is the breakdown or change in rock and erosion occurs when soil and rock particles are worn away and moved by gravity, wind, water, or ice. They’ll also discover that weathering and erosion affect Louisville’s water source, the Ohio River.
• Filtration
  Students will learn about Louisville Water’s treatment process, focusing on the important step of filtration.  They’ll discover the purpose of a filter and how it relates to the work Louisville Water does to provide clean water to the community.  Thinking like a Louisville Water Scientist, they’ll work in teams to construct and test their own filters using household materials.

Book a virtual program or classroom visit. We look forward to sharing the story behind every glass of drinking water!

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