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The Science and Art of Water Smart

Hands-on Water Education for all ages.

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Mimir Water specializes in making it fun for youth, adults, and professionals to get the real world knowledge they need to be efficient water users inside, outside, and at work. We use hands-on, interactive activities and experiments to ensure attendees leave with the real world skillset needed to be water efficient in daily life.

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    All programs have a Science-Technology-Engineering-Math (STEM) core and include interactive, hands-on science activities. 

    • All programs have a Science-Technology-Engineering-Math (STEM) core and include interactive, hands-on science activities. 
    • Individual program details are tailored to represent local and regional infrastructure, resources, and conditions to ensure students gain an understanding of their home environment. 
    • Each education program examines a different water efficiency issue and provides a real-world solution including water leaks, water waste, irrigation efficiency, cooling tower efficiency, and greenhouse gas emissions. This combination demonstrates the application of STEM in daily life, specifically to address water resource issues.  
    • Mimir Water water education programs maximize active learning strategies so concepts are learned through group discussion, hands-on practice, and peer-to-peer teaching (i.e. group activity). 
    • Concepts are easily visualized with Mimir Water magnetic model sets. These custom models are systematically assembled according to class discussion, creating an interactive and visual learning experience. 

4-12+ Education

Mimir Water maximizes active learning strategies with group discussion, hands-on practice, and peer-to-peer teaching (i.e. group activity). Concepts are easily visualized with Mimir Water magnetic model sets. These custom models are systematically assembled according to class discussion, creating an interactive and visual learning experience.

  • The Water Cycle

    This interactive education program focuses on the water cycle and water waste. Students learn about local climate and water resources and the major processes of the water cycle. Students conduct a scientific experiment to determine how much water is wasted from a simulated leak utilizing mathematical averages, multiplication, and exptraoplation. 

  • Flush: How Cities Use Water

    Flush is an interactive education program where students learn about the Urban Water Cycle. The program expands the concept of the natural water cycle to explain how humans use and reuse water. Students learn about local and regional water resources, water infrastructure and water reclamation and reuse, and the science of wastewater treatment. The program concludes with an activity to identify how water waste impacts the different components of the urban and natural water cycle.

  • Do Plants Really Sweat?

    This interactive education program teaches students the principles of the fundametnals of plant water use and irrigation basics. The students review plant anatomy, learn the molecular properties of water, and understand how water moves through soil and plants. Students participate in an activity to determine the information required to calculate how much water a grass and/or grass requires to be healthy. Finally, students conduct an experiment to calculate how much water an single uses and create an efficient watering schedule. This experiment requires the class to work outside and a hose bib connection. 

  • Green Grass Done Right

    This interactive education program teaches students the principles of efficient landscape irrigation. Building on concepts learned in Do Trees really Sweat?, students will:

    • Learn the components of an irrigation system (i.e. controller) in a hands-on activity. 
    • Calculate how much water an entire landscape needs to be healthy and efficient. 

    Students participate in a hands-on, group activity to visualize the calculations as cubes of water. Finally, students perform calculations to determine how much water a hypothetical irrigation system is using (how many cubes of water), compare it to what is efficient (cube of water)  and create an efficient watering schedule. 


  • Stay Cool with Water Chemistry

    This interactive education program teaches students the principles of efficient operation of cooling towers. Students gain an indepth understanding of evaporation and a basic understanding of how cooling towers function. Students learn about water chemistry and its application in operating cooling towers. Students use scientific equipment to measure water chemistry in two water samples and calculate current cooling tower efficiency, maximum efficiency, and the amount of water savings that would result by adjusting the water chemistry. 

Community Education

Mimir Water provides education workshops for community groups on subject areas relating to water resource and conservation issues. Workshop details are tailored to represent local and regional infrastructure, resources, and conditions to ensure attendees gain an understanding of the water issues effecting their region.


Workshops are ideal for HOA groups, private utility districts, and citizens who wish to learn how to be efficient and reduce costs associated with irrigation water use.

Business Organizations

Mimir Water provides education workshops for large organizations on subject areas relating to conservation and sustainability issues. Workshop details are tailored to represent local and regional infrastructure, resources, and conditions to ensure attendees gain an understanding of the water issues effecting their region and/or business. Attendees will learn how to implement water efficiency habits that are part of normal routines to eliminate unnecessary costs.

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