Take 865 fourth grade students and their teachers,
throw in over 100 community volunteers, top it off
with ice cream and a magic show, and what do you
get? The Alabama Cooperative Extension
System/Autauga County Office took the lead in
sponsoring Autauga County's third annual Water
Festival in April of this year.
The purpose of this
day was to introduce the students to the concepts of
protecting and conserving our precious water
resources.
This unique educational experience with lots of
hands-on activities helped to educate this next
generation of citizens to be informed environmental
stewards of our precious water resources, protecting
and cherishing them for future generations.
Area agencies provided financial and in-kind
materials in order to bring this valuable
information to the students in our county. The Water
Festival activities included "A Drop in the Bucket"
which focused on the finiteness of water resources;
"The Incredible Journey" which offered the students
a glimpse of the life cycle of a water droplet; and
"The Edible Aquifer" which focused on the importance
of not polluting groundwater resources. The day
culminated in a water magic show that reinforced the
concepts the students learned during the day.
Teachers were provided the materials to conduct a
hands-on water related activity upon return to the
classroom. The evaluations received from the event
were unanimously positive with every teacher eager
to return next year!
