2010 Children's Water Festival
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
University of Northern Colorado
The Central Colorado Water Conservancy District created this event in 1991. This festival is the second oldest children's water festival in the nation. In 2006, the City of Greeley began co-sponsoring the event. The Children's Water Festival in Greeley is a free event for 4th grade students in Weld, Morgan and Adams Counties.The Central Colorado Water Conservancy District and the City of Greeley Water Conservation and Stormwater programs are co-sponsoring this Children's Water Festival.
The water festival brings water professionals from around Colorado to provide presentations and activities about water, conservation, human health, and aquatic life while covering a wide range of curriculum areas including language arts, math, science, social studies, visual art, and health. The festival goals are to teach students that water is an essential, limited resource and that they can take action. The event provides teachers with materials and lessons that they can use for years to come.
The 2010 theme “Water Through the Ages ” will showcase how water is perceived throughout history, from dinosaurs to ancient civilizations to water in space.
Presenter Information
Presenters and exhibitors are invited to participate in the 2010 Children's Water Festival. Below is more information and a form to complete on the details of the proposed presentations and exhibits. The CCWCD and the City of Greeley will be working to reinforce Colorado State Education Standards with Festival activities. This process allows presenters, teachers and school districts to more accurately see how the activities directly relate to classroom curriculum.
Activity Specifics for Presenters
Each presenter will have their own indoor or outdoor classroom to accommodate their activity or presentation. The Festival consists of 10 sessions throughout the day. Depending on your schedule you will present during 4-7 sessions. Each session is 20 minutes long and there is a 10 minute passing period between each session. Groups of 20-30 students and their teachers will rotate through each session. We will accommodate every presenter's schedule so they may have a lunch break. If your presentation requires special accommodations, please note them on the sign up sheet or the online sign up.
Activity Specifics for Exhibitors
If your activity does not fit the above structure, or is more of an information booth or display, there is another presentation option available. This includes the exhibit hall, all classes will have an opportunity to visit and explore activities in a non-structured environment. As an exhibitor, students will visit your display continuously throughout the day. For these types of activities it is wise to bring additional people with you to allow for breaks.
Other Activity Specifics
Your activity should be:
- Hands-on or brains-on: please involve all students with either a hands-on (physical) or brains-on (thinking) activity.
- Appropriate for fourth grade: keep vocabulary and concepts simple. Try to make three or fewer key points.
- Fun and interesting: use your imagination. Bring interesting equipment or gadgets. Wear a funny costume or hat. Create an activity that uses all the senses. Show your enthusiasm!
- Factual: do not provide information that is questionable or exaggerated.
- Make the water connection: please remember, although you may be leading an activity about another resource or topic (i.e. river, wildlife, agriculture), please connect it to water. Please call us if you would like help developing an activity idea.
- Occasionally, the teacher will have a student teacher with them or with really small classes, we may put two classes together in your classroom. If you plan on having materials for the teachers to take, please have a couple extra copies for these situations.
- Additionally, we will have a teacher resource table set up in the Exhibit Hall where you can put materials for teachers.
Presenter Registration Form
Teacher Information
The Water Wizards competition is an annual highlight of the Children’s Water Festival. Water Wizards tests knowledge of water information in a game show format. Schools form teams to compete against one another. Download the 2010 Water Wizard Study Guide to get ready for the competition.
Classroom registration is now closed. Complete the online registration form to be placed on a waiting list.
Photos from the 2009 Festival