Hydrology and Water Resources (2 year award)

Terrie Hogue's fellowship is co-sponsored by the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources and the Institute for the Study of Planet Earth (ISPE).

She summarizes her proposed Space Grant Outreach project as follows:
As a graduate student in the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources at the University of Arizona, I am presented with an excellent opportunity to educate children about the importance of water in their lives, not only here in the arid southwest, but around the world. As part of the NASA Outreach Program, I have proposed an educational "hands-on" program geared towards elementary age school-children. This program will be modeled as a monthly "Water Smart Day" in local elementary schools where children will be exposed to various topics such as the hydrologic cycle, floods, current water issues in the news, and conservation of our most precious resource. These important topics, presented in a simplified format, will expose children to some of the scientific hydrologic research being done at the University of Arizona, as well as teach important facts about water. I hope to gear part of this program towards the "at-risk" kids, those who would not normally be exposed to such topics, and who could especially benefit from such an outreach program. The goal of this program is simple: if we can reach children about the importance of water and science in their lives, lessons learned will be taken home and out into the community. Water is the one of our most precious resources, and there is no better place to begin understanding its importance then in the young and impressionable years of the elementary age child.