Thursday, October 16, 2025

Imagine a Day Without Water - October 16!

Water is a shared resource that powers our community—our homes 🏡, schools 🏫, businesses🏢, and our health and well-being❤️

On October 16, we're observing Imagine A Day Without Water to highlight how water powers us.

Click the link to get involved. 

Activities & Worksheets

Download the PDFs linked below and print them at home or through a local print shop.
  • Printable Activity Sheets for Kids (Color + B&W)

Thursday, October 9, 2025

Looking for lesson plans, field trip opportunities, or teacher workshops?

Explore the curated resources included below to bring water education to life in your classroom.


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💧Water Festival Presentation Resources 

    📂Downloadable Guides:

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🏫Classroom & Student Activities    

🎲Interactive lessons, games, and classroom-ready materials:

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🚌Field Trips & Reverse Field Trips

    ✋Hands-on, local, and experiential learning opportunities:

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🎓Teacher Professional Development


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Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Create. Inspire. Protect. - Wyland Challenge

 

 October Kicks off the Wyland National Art Challenge!

A fantastic opportunity for classmates to learn about conservation through creativity.

Read more about the Wyland National Art and Mural Challenge

Skip right to the TeachersGuide.pdf







Monday, September 29, 2025

2026 Water Festival Registration Open

 

Northglenn Thornton Westminster

2026 Water Festival

Thursday, May 14, 2026


The Water Festival is a fun, educational, and free experience for students, teachers, and parents. It is scheduled for Thursday, May 14, 2026, at Front Range Community College in Westminster. The partner Cities are covering the cost of the Festival and bus transportation, making it easy to attend! We would welcome your participation if this date doesn’t conflict with other end-of-year activities.

The Cities of Northglenn, Thornton, and Westminster are pleased to invite your class to our annual Water Festival! This science conference focuses on water in our world and other sustainability topics. While planned for fifth-grade classes, fourth-grade classes may attend if the festival curriculum is appropriate. Only one grade per school is allowed to attend.

The Water Festival will engage students with topics including water conservation, the history of Colorado water law, water chemistry, the water cycle, local water systems, weather, music, aquatic wildlife, and ecology. Students will enjoy hands-on activities while learning about local and global water issues.

Space is limited, and early registration is recommended.

To register online, click here.

Due to the popularity of the Water Festival, participating schools will be selected from all those who register, and we can only accommodate 800 students. Selected schools will receive a confirmation email before winter break in December.


We look forward to spending this day with you! Water resources are vital to our region and our children’s future.