Operation SPLASH to bring canals to the classroom

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Operation SPLASH headquartered in Freeport has recently renovated a 75-student classroom and science lab in preparation for the 2017-2018 school year. At the beginning of the month, SPLASH welcomed Long Island educators to tour headquarters off Woodcleft Avenue in Freeport.
Through the new renovations, the organization hopes to continue to educate school-aged children to better take care of their communities through science and understanding of local waters.
“There needs to be a bridge connecting students and the environment together, to help create a significant understanding of the impact humans have on our environment and natural resources,” Rob Weitner, director of Operation SPLASH said.
The programs help and train elementary and middle schoolteachers on how to integrate water pollution awareness education into their classrooms. SPLASH offers an extensive series of programs that children and teachers can adopt throughout a school year. The newly renovated classroom and lab will provide the space for hands on projects and bring STEAM subject areas to life for the students.

In a single school year, SPLASH programs include:

  • Storm Drain Run-Off Challenge 
  • Ten Month Adopt a Storm Drain
  • All Aboard the SPLASH Boat in the Western Bays
  • Case Study of the Meadowbrook Corridor Watershed
  • Long Island Infrastructure: Sewage Treatment
  • Long Island Infrastructure: High School Series

Each program is specifically tailored to the age and grade level of the students. The programs will teach students how to monitor and collect data, water and land bases lab classes, a study of the watershed, aquifers, moraines, riparian buffers, evapotranspiration and ecology. This is also includes a comprehensive understanding of the human threats to the watersheds.