Classroom Close-up, NJ : Make A Splash

SYNOPSIS:

About 200 students from Rush Intermediate School in Cinnaminson attend the fifth annual Make a Splash Water Festival at Palmyra Cove Nature Park. Children and adults learn about the characteristics, the uses and abuses of water. This project involves the NJ Department of Environmental Protection and is part of an international effort called Project WET (Water Education for Teachers).

PRODUCER'S COMMENTARY:

This is a segment I produced for the 2006-2007 season of the NJN public television series, Classroom Close-up, NJ. Classroom Close-up, NJ is a 30-minute weekly magazine program focusing on innovative education happening in New Jersey's public schools.