![Brightwater environmental education](https://i0.wp.com/www.thehikermama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC06904.jpg?resize=500%2C334&ssl=1)
Last Saturday we had the chance to go to a nature event at the Brightwater wastewater treatment plant. We looked in ponds for bugs:
![Annika dipping for pond life nature exploration, brightwater treatment plant, environmental education, kids in nature](https://i0.wp.com/www.thehikermama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC06896.jpg?resize=500%2C334&ssl=1)
![Gabe sifting through the pond life environmental education, kids in nature, biology, Brightwater treatment plant](https://i0.wp.com/www.thehikermama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC06901.jpg?resize=500%2C747&ssl=1)
We looked at pond life under microscopes:
![Scientist at work kids and science, aquatic biology, Brigthwater treatment plant, environmental education](https://i0.wp.com/www.thehikermama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC06915.jpg?resize=500%2C334&ssl=1)
![Looking in microscope kids science, pond life, Brightwater treatment plant, bug study](https://i0.wp.com/www.thehikermama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC06917.jpg?resize=500%2C334&ssl=1)
We did some art projects:
![Create-A-Bug bug art project, environmental education, Brightwater treatment plant](https://i0.wp.com/www.thehikermama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC06926.jpg?resize=500%2C747&ssl=1)
We enjoyed the art around the campus:
![Glass representations of aquatic life nature art, Brightwater treatment plant, public art](https://i0.wp.com/www.thehikermama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC06885.jpg?resize=500%2C334&ssl=1)
![Tree branch pipes public art, nature art, Brigthwater treatment plant](https://i0.wp.com/www.thehikermama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC06912.jpg?resize=500%2C334&ssl=1)
![Looking at specimens Brigthwater treatment plant, nature education, environmental education,](https://i0.wp.com/www.thehikermama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC06889.jpg?resize=500%2C334&ssl=1)
We learned a bit more about the water cycle and the uses for reclaimed water.
![Learning about the water cycle Brightwater treatment plant, environmental education](https://i0.wp.com/www.thehikermama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC06933.jpg?resize=500%2C334&ssl=1)
![Public service announcement Brigthwater treatment plant, environmental education](https://i0.wp.com/www.thehikermama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DSC06928.jpg?resize=500%2C747&ssl=1)
I’ll be writing up some more details about this event and others you can go to in the winter for ParentMap. Stay tuned in the next weeks for more info!
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