These presenter kits have been developed for use at the Big Sioux Water Festival. Occasionally, we loan out
these kits for educational use. Each kit contains all the information and supplies you would need to teach a
water concept within 30 minutes.
Story board about acid rain with an activity that simulate the effects of acid rain
Art project making tropical fish aquariums
Learn about the water treatment process and build your own aquifer
Secchi disk/Lake monitoring activity
Kids build towns on maps and try to figure out who has the rights to their water
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | Landuse Board | Landuse Pieces | Best Interest Poster | Neck Cards | Handout
Create a frog, listen to frog sounds, and compete to see who can eat the most bugs in 2 minutes
Outdoor activity about fishing and catching contaminated fish
Kids learn about fishing and fishing safety
Kids build a lined landfill and then see what happens when they pollute the aquifer
Kids go through an obstacle course to find out what a salmon has to go through
Learn how plants are categorized
Listen to a story and solve the mystery by doing an activity
Paint fish using the Gyotaku technique
Make your own rainstick
Identify non-point sources of pollution
Learn about the water cycle and make your own terrarium
Produce the sounds of a thunderstorm using nothing else but your body parts
Construct your own critter hat
Presenter Kit | Info Cards | Animal Patterns | Headband Labels | Construction Directions | Completed Hats
Investigate water properties (surface tension, capillary action, buoyancy, and water cohesion)
Make food from a real wetland and then eat it
Role playing to learn about water usage and ownership
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | Map | User Symbols | Word Find
Learn about water pollution from a fish's perspective
Learn how to create less trash by reducing, reusing, or recycling through a hands-on activity
Conduct an experiment with pH strips to analyze different substances