Waste and Water School and Group Education Programs

Join our educator for a virtual and interactive tour of our treatment plants.

Classroom Activities

Explore various recycling and composting activities designed with TN K-2 curriculum standards in mind.

Explore various and composting activities designed with TN 3-5th grade curriculum standards in mind.

Explore videos and activities designed with TN K-2 curriculum standards in mind.

Explore videos and activities designed with TN 3-4 curriculum standards in mind.

Borrow a model or a game to learn about flooding, water pollution prevention, erosion control, and protecting water quality.

Request free trees for your school and engage students in learning activities.

Join Julie in learning about how we capture methane and create fertilizer at our Biosolids Facilities.

Join Clay in touring an industrial composting facility where food scraps are turned into soil.

Join Julie in learning about how we treat water from the Cumberland River to create clean drinking water.

Take a tour of a Material Recovery Facility and learn about the journey of trash from curbside collections to a sorting facility

Join Julie in learning all about Metro’s Stormwater division.

Take a tour of our Whites Creek Wastewater Treatment plant where water is cleaned and returned to the Cumberland River.

Designed for middle school and high school students, start exploring job descriptions, activities, and resources regarding working in waste.

Designed for middle school and high school students, start exploring job descriptions, activities, and resources regarding working in water.