Day 1 activities
Fish Tagging:
The children learned how water and fish scientists tag fish and the benefits of tagging fish. Then five student volunteers helped tag one rainbow trout each. A quote from one of the children"Seeing them tagging the fish looked cool and how they used anesthesia to make the fish" fall" asleep".
Water Cycle Dice Activity:
The children learned about the extended water cycle in the classroom and then had an activity where each of them represented a water molecule in the water cycle. They rolled special dice to figure where they go to next in the water cycle from the ocean to the clouds to ground water etc. A lot of students commented that this was different and more involved than what they learned in school. A quote from one of the children:"The water cycle is a lot more sophisticated than I thought." and another one said:"The water bead activity. It has me thinking of ways to get water where we truly need it".
Get to know you games:
The children played some games to get to meet the children from the other schools and get to know each other as they will be working in groups chosen randomly.
Canoing and Paddle Boarding:
The children went to first dam park on the Logan river and spent a couple of hours canoiing and paddle boarding.
