MARTIN SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT

923 North State Street, Suite 170, Fairmont, MN  56031 

(507) 235-6680
 
 
SOIL AND WATER STEWARDSHIP WEEK

"Water is Life"
April 27–May 4, 2008
 

The theme for Stewardship Week 2008 is
 

 “Water is Life.” Stewardship Week will be officially celebrated April 27 to May 4, 2008, but we encourage you to celebrate the throughout the year.
 

Activities

Program Booklet/Educators Guide - Activities and information to use with students and adult programs. Background information on soil and water stewardship week. Information to enhance your stewardship promotion during the designated week or throughout the year. | PDF |
 

Educators Guide Activity Supplements

"Where’s the Groundwater" Vocabulary - A vocabulary list of groundwater-related words and definitions to supplement, Water Is Life Intermediate (Gr 2-3) activity "Where’s the Groundwater." | PDF |

"Clean the Water" Vocabulary - A vocabulary list of words and definitions for the "Clean the Water" activity, Advanced (Gr 4-5). | PDF |

Exhibit, Field Day and Classroom Activities (adaptable for all ages)
Healthy Water Hopscotch Activity - Participants in this printable activity learn about their own impacts on the quality of the water. This activity is great for field days, exhibits or school lesson plans.
Additional resources needed: 11”x17” paper for printing.

PLT Activity 44: Water Wonders - The water cycle is the system by which Earth’s fixed amount of water is collected, purified and distributed from the environment to living things and back to the environment. Through an activity and an experiment, this activity will introduce students to the various steps of the water cycle and will help them make connections between the water cycle and all living things. | PDF |
This activity is listed in the Educators Guide and will be available online until Nov 1, 2008.

Water Cycle Spinners - This printable activity goes along with Project WET’s “An Incredible Journey” and is great for field days, exhibits or school lesson plans. | PDF |

Additional Resources Church Leaders Guide - Stewardship background information and conservation messages to use with local churches.| PDF |
 
 

Stewardship Week - 52 Years Strong

 

Soil and Water Stewardship Week is one of the world's largest conservation-related observances. Since 1955, the NACD has sponsored the national Soil and Water Stewardship Week program.

 

The concept of stewardship involves personal and social responsibility. We have a duty to learn about and improve natural resources as we use them wisely. By doing this we can achieve material and spiritual growth in our own lives, and leave a rich legacy for future generations.

 

Everyone wants to help improve the world. But sometimes the scope of the world's problems seems beyond the reach of one person. And sometimes we are tempted to believe that large agencies and organizations will take care of this important work, without our help.

 

Soil and Water Stewardship Week helps reminds us of the power of each person to conserve natural resources and improve the world. When people work together with their local conservation district, that power grows and grows. And as these good deeds multiply across the nation's network of conservation districts, the results can be spectacular!
 
For more information please contact our office at (507) 235-6680 or email cathy.thiesse@mn.nacdnet.net.
 

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