The Water Festival/Science Day was made possible through a grant from a former educator and available to teachers in the seven schools of the Northeast Kansas Education Service Center consortium. The total amount of funding provided was $500.00. The money was used to provide supplies, breakfast, and lunch for all presenters and volunteers. It also provided a substitute for two days of event organization.
The goal of the project was to provide hands on science activities for both 4th and 5th graders to participate in. We hoped that students would be able to learn about 6-7 science outcomes for each grade level. With the help of Rena Kilgore and Gary Satter of Glacial Hills Conservation, outcomes were chosen, activities were planned, and presenters were contacted to participate.
Because of the generosity of many people, the science day was a great success.
All in all, we enlisted the aid of over 50 school and community volunteers.
A total of 15 fourth and fifth grade outcomes were covered.