Oakridger A group of East Tennessee kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers recently gathered at Oak Ridge Associated Universities to learn strategies related to teaching about the properties of water. The teachers gathered around the artificial stream heading into a pond on the ORAU campus, taking samples, doing chemical tests and looking for small animals. They engaged in other activities as well including one based around calculating how much water individuals use. The program is called Project WET. “Our Earth’s finite but renewable water resources affect the health and well-being of every person on the planet. That means we must protect, conserve and manage the water we have,” the official course description for the program on the ORAU website stated.