Children's Water Festivals - Presenters

Presenters are primarily adult professionals representing dozens of organizations. Most have an outreach component to their jobs and are available to speak on a variety of topics to all grade levels. We also promote and utilize the talents of high school students as presenters and volunteers.

Activities are included in the Festival Program only if they address at least one of the Six Topic Areas and they are hands-on!

Presenters develop pre– and post– festival survey questions to ensure that students absorb critical activity information.

All activities address multiple New Mexico Science Standards for the fourth grade. They also address many science standards for the 3rd and 5th grades.

The Festival is held over two days and consists of a program of activities. In the Middle Rio Grande program, 23 activities are presented each day. In the Santa Fe program, 12 activities are presented each day.

All activities are 25 minutes in length and each class attends five activities. The goal is for each class to attend one activity in each topic area.

Activities cover one or more of these six topic areas:

• Web of life
• General hydrology and the water cycle
• Watershed
• Water quality
• Water conservation
• Water and our society/culture

Topic areas are tied to the questions students are asked during the Classroom Visits, as part of the evaluation process.