September 27 & 28, 2010

The Haliburton-Muskoka Children's Water Festival is an annual event that motivates students to become water stewards in their homes, classroom and community. By combining hands-on interactive activities with messages relevant to their daily lives, students 'soak up' knowledge on the properties, uses, connections and importance of water. With this knowledge, students become aware of the value of conserving and protecting water.

Through a series of 35 interactive activity centres, students in grades 4 to 6 will explore the concepts of:

• Water conservation - the responsible use of water in our daily lives
• Water attitudes - historical and present day uses and attitudes toward water
• Water technology - how water is treated, stored and distributed throughout the community
• Water protection - the interdependence of ground and surface water, soil, plants, animals and people and positive steps people can take to keep water clean, and
• Water science - the water cycle, surface and groundwater flow, watersheds and aquatic environments

The learning stations are designed to be hands-on, stimulating and fun, encouraging further understanding of water concepts taught through the school curriculum.