This week was super busy!! We were getting our lessons worked out, conferencing with Christina about our lesson sketch, completing our research and finalizing our posters.  It was definitely a sweet break spending time together at our field trip to the Desalination Water Plant. Yay!!  (Sadly, most of us didn’t even know the plant existed!)

It was awesome to learn that our desalination plant is the largest inland plant to date.  It has helped our city in providing water for more people and allowed for the replenishing and conservation of our underground water.   Other states are looking to build inland desalination plants modeled after the Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant.  The best thing about the plant is the available education, curriculum, and resources for teachers and the entire community!    They offer curriculum that meets state standards, grade-specific lesson activities, demonstrations and lectures that align with classroom instruction.  The Water resources Learning Center is interactive and a fun way for students to learn about water and the Chihuahuan Desert.  The facility is open to the public free of charge and is an incredible establishment for a fun and educational experience!

We made sure to sign up for their mailing list to post us on activities and scheduled events taking place throughout the year 🙂  We would like to thank everyone at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant for giving us the educational tour (especially Jessica).  Thank you Christina, Dr. Loyo and everyone at NEWT for setting up this field trip.  We had an awesome time!!!

Signing off…

The UTEP NEWT crew