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 Topic Areas and they are hands-on!

Presenters develop 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 as well as standards in other subjects.

The festival is held over two days and consists of a program of activities. In the Albuquerque program, 20+ activities are presented each day. In the Rio Rancho program, 14+ activities are presented each day.

All activities are 30 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 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.

Presenters teach students about e.coli in the Bacterial Sewage activity (far above) and erosion within a watershed in the Rolling River activity (above).

To contact us:

Katie Babuska
Experiential EE & Children’s Water Festivals
11900 Persimmon Ave., NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111 USA

Phone: 505-975-0036
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