Water Tent Information

3 Earth Around Us water tent panels with student and artist artwork depicting a river ecosystem during three seasons and with students collecting data

The Earth Around Us water tent is available to schools and community groups to encourage exploration of water resources through science and art through an interactive pop-up tent and supplemental materials.

Implementation Guides

K–2 Water Tent Implementation Guide (pdf)

Grades 3–8 Water Implementation Guide (pdf)

Materials Provided with the Water Tent

  • Water Tent: a 10x10-foot pop-up tent with mural panels that depict a river ecosystem during three seasons

  • Kick net (if needed) (1 provided for whole group)

  • D net (1 provided for whole group)

  • White tarp (if needed)

  • White spoons

  • White ice cube trays

  • White tubs

  • Dip nets

  • Spray bottles

  • Basting syringes

  • Sieves

  • Eye droppers

  • Magnifying glasses

  • Bug viewers

  • Identification keys and cards

  • Waders, if needed

  • White buckets

  • Thermometers for water temperature and air temperature

  • Water transparency tube

  • pH paper

Reserve a Water Tent

Interested in having the Water Tent visit your school or community group? Contact the Earth Around Us Tent Program Coordinator, Beth Young, Beth.Young@unh.edu. 

Please note: Beth is able to travel approximately 30 miles from Durham, NH, to deliver the tent. Contact her to coordinate.

Community Resources

students standing in water, wearing waders, and collecting macroinvertebrates using nets a student sketches what they see along a river system on a worksheet students crowd around trays on the ground to identify macroinvertebrates a student sits on the ground with a digital thermometer in a bucket of water