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CONTEST 2023-2024

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2022-2023 Poster and Writing Contest winners

WHAT YOU FLUSH MATTERS

It's a Toilet, Not a Trash Can!

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This brochure (PDF) shows simple ways to keep your home, workplace and the environment healthy by flushing responsibly.

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All of our free curriculum guides
DEER ISLAND BINGO

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Make your next visit to Deer Island extra fun with our Deer Island Perimeter Walk Bingo Game. It’s free and fun for all ages.

DEER ISLAND
SCAVENGER HUNT

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Turn your visit to
Deer Island into an educational exploration

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WATER AND GERMS
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Student/teacher activity that seeks to replace misinformation and partial knowledge with easy to understand facts about the nature of germs and their transmission.

TOURS

TOURS: Students, teachers and other groups are welcome to request tours of MWRA facilities. Please understand that for your safety, we must impose some restrictions.

Frequently asked quesions about Deer Island tours
TIPS FOR STUDENTS
TIPS for learning about MWRA and its projects.

Water issues are key to environmental education. Learning about their places in the water cycle helps students see the links between their daily lives and important environmental issues like water conservation and pollution.

MWRA educational guides contain hands-on activities for a range of topics and grade levels and are supported by free teacher workshops. For more information, please contact us.

Educational Resources for Parents and Teachers

Videos to Watch
Additional Activities
Printable Coloring Pages and Activity Sheets

TEACHER RESOURCES
Classroom Presentations & Hands-On Activities
Hands-on activities and demonstrations for preschool to high school level students.
Details
Teacher Training Workshops
The background and instruction to get started. PDP certified.
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Drinktap.org
Fun, educational activities for parents, kids and teachers presented by the American Waterworks Association.
Wachusett Reservoir Watershed Education Programs
Fun, educational activities for parents, kids and teachers presented by the Massachusetts DCR Division of Water Supply Protection.

Responsible Flushing Alliance Enrichment Materials

The Responsible Flushing Alliance worked with a curriculum specialist to provide activity pages to help children learn and understand the importance of knowing what not to flush down the toilet.

ANNUAL POSTER AND WRITING CONTEST
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Students in schools across the MWRA service area are challenged to create posters and essays about different topics each year. Winners are honored at a ceremony every spring.

This year, students are asked to use their creative skills to design a poster and/or write an essay, poem or story showing MWRA employees doing their job.

VIDEO

Visit our YouTube page
for more videos about MWRA, water, wastewater and the environment.

"The Story of Drinking Water" by AWWA

CURRICULUM GUIDES
All of our curriculum guides are available for free download.

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Water Works - Basic environmental concepts of water supply for 3rd & 4th grade students.

Water Watchers - Middle school water supply and conservation concepts.

OUR AWARD-WINNING COLORING BOOK

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"Dwayne the Storm Drain"

The activities in "Dwayne" are appropriate for students from pre-school through upper elementary grades.

SCHOOL MATERIALS ORDER FORM

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STAFF CONTACTS

Classroom Presentations

Meg Tabacsko
617-799-8852
Meg.Tabacsko@mwra.com

Jacqueline Collins
617-305-5681
Jacqueline.Collins@mwra.com

Teacher and Student Materials Orders
on-line order form

Tours of Deer Island Treatment Plant

Deer Island Tour Hotline, (617) 660-7607

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Updated November 24, 2023