I want my work to reach teachers at the middle school and high school level, specifically grades K-5th. My goal is to provide these educators with my water fair tool kit so they can teach their students the importance of water conservation, which is a crucial piece of knowledge that not many people are properly educated on. Many adults do not even fully understand concepts such as water runoff, which has led to less concern for water conservation in our society. These lessons can be taken beyond the classroom and used to help promote more environmentally friendly practices in the future. However, it is important to acknowledge the stakeholders that can have a major impact on the implementation of these lesson plans. First of all, the students in this age range are going to be the primary stakeholders. Other stakeholders could include local schools and the educators within them.
While it may seem like the teachers have the most important role in this process, it is actually the students who will carry out the true intent of my product. The job of the educators will be to use this information to properly teach their students about water conservation, using the tool kit provided to educate them in a way that fosters a long term understanding instead of a short term memory. But the full intention of my water fair tool kit is not just to educate students about water equity, but to give them skills that they can carry into the future. It will be up to them to use what they have learned to make a difference in the world one day. Of course, one lesson alone will not be enough for a child to grow an interest in water conservation overnight, especially at a young age. However, as lessons like mine become more widespread, they can allow the students’ curiosity to drive them in the pursuit of further information on this topic, paving the road for adults who are truly knowledgeable on the effects of issues such as water runoff or pollution.