Using a unique, hands-on approach, Water Docs @ School brings young people into a close relationship with water, building their understanding of water systems and instilling a passion for water stewardship.

Water Docs @ School Action Projects is a seven-month long learning and action program for Ontario Grade 7 & 8 students, delivered through a partnership between Ecologos and Learning for a Sustainable Future. This completely cost free program has been used successfully at schools across the province and praised by teachers for:

• delivering the entire Ontario curriculum on water

• cultivating a deep caring for the environment

• developing skills in leadership, team-building, project management and filmmaking

Watch the video below, in which two teachers from Brookside Public School in Scarborough discuss their experiences with the Water Docs @ School Action Projects program.

Benefits of the Program

Participating students will have the chance to:

• research water issues affecting their local communities

• develop an action project to address a local issue

• capture their project initiatives in a short documentary film, receiving filmmaking and storytelling guidance

• compete to showcase their film and project for all the participating classes at the Student Recognition Day in the spring of 2020

• speak with The Water Brothers from TVO, Alex and Tyler Mifflin

• and much more!

Participating teachers will have the chance to:

• receive two adult passes (valued at $80) to the Water Docs 2020 Film Festival in Toronto

• participate in periodic web-based conversations with experienced teachers, staff from Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF), as well as staff from the Water Docs Film Festival to share challenges and successes, and otherwise support each other at important stages

Do you know a Grade 8 or 7/8 teacher in Ontario who might want to take part?
For information, contact Samantha Gawron.

The Water Docs @ School Action Projects program currently has 92 classrooms and approximately 2300 participating students across Ontario, a number that grows every year!

Learn more about the Water Docs @ School Action Projects Program.