Festival program

Edible Aquifer

Groundwater Geology stream

This activity provides students with a fun and easy way to understand the geology of an aquifer. As they build (and eat!) their very own edible aquifers, students will gain an understanding of confining layers, water tables and aquifer geology.

Curriculum
Year 4: Science WA4SSUE1, HASS WA4HAKUG3
Year 5: HASS WA5HAKUE2
Year 6: Science WA6SSUB1

Groundwater Spider

Groundwater Geology stream

Students will explore the concept of water movement through different types of substrates such as sand, clay, rocks and gravel in this tongues-on activity! As students build their own edible aquifers out of ice cream, ice and lemonade, they learn about confining layers, contamination, recharge and water tables.

Curriculum
Year 4: Science WA4SSUE1
Year 4: HASS WA4HAKUG3
Year 5: HASS WA5HAKUE2
Year 6: Science WA6SSUB1

Bucket Brigade

Water conservation stream

This popular activity encourages students to think about their water usage as they move the amount of water a person uses in a day from one point to another as a team. The competition is great fun and the pre-and post-discussions help the students understand more about their water use choices.

Curriculum
Year 4: HASS WA4HAKUG3
Year 5: HASS WA5HAKUE2

Every Drop Counts

Water Conservation stream

In this prop-filled activity, students will take part in a game of chance to see how much water they can save or waste in different areas of the house before coming up with their own solutions to saving water at home.

Curriculum
Year 4: HASS – Geography WA4HAKUG3
Year 5: HASS – Economics and Business WA5HAKUE2

Flush It!

Water Conservation stream

Introducing students to the “Three Ps” in an active race, this activity provides an understanding of what can, and can’t, be flushed down the toilet. Students will classify waste according to the appropriate method of disposal.

Curriculum
Year 4: HASS WA4HAKUG3
Year 5: HASS WA5HAKUE2

Golden Pipeline

Water Conservation stream

This fun and interactive session introduces students to the history of why and how water is supplied to the agricultural and goldfields regions of Western Australia.  Through role-play, students explore the history of the Golden Pipeline and the legacy left by Western Australia’s most famous Engineer in Chief, C Y O’Connor.

Curriculum
Year 4: HASS WA4HAKUG2
Year 5: HASS WA5HAKUE2, WA5HAKUG2, WA5HAKUH2, WA5HAKUH3

Presented by the National Trust of Western Australia

Tapped Out

Water Conservation stream

In this activity students explore what is like to live in a place where water is not readily accessible and promotes discussion about how this may influence life in positive and negative ways.

Curriculum
Year 4: HASS WA4HAKUG2, WA4HAKUG3
Year 5: HASS WA5HAKUC4, WA5HAKUE2, WA5HAKUE3
Year 6: Science WA6SSUB1
Year 6: HASS WA6HAKUG2

Delivered by One World Centre

Water Ways

Water Conservation stream

How many places can water travel and be stored during its journey through the water cycle? Students will chart the complex path water takes as they discover that new water cannot be created and how little is fresh water.

Curriculum
Year 4: Science WA4SSUE1
Year 4: HASS – Geography WA4HAKUG3
Year 5: Science WA5SSUC1
Year 6: WA6SSUC1

Danger in Our Town 

Water Quality stream

Have your students got what it takes to become the town's ‘Contamination Busters’? In this problem-solving activity, students build their own model towns and discuss types of land uses that can cause pollution of groundwater before probing their models to determine the source of contamination of the community’s water supply.

Curriculum
Year 4: HASS WA4HAKUG2
Year 5: HASS WA5HAKUE2
Year 6: Science WA6SSUB1

PollutiON, PollutiOFF

Water Quality stream

After constructing their own landscape, students will be able to see first-hand how human actions pollute an environment. They will observe how contamination can spread underground and experiment with ways to clean it up!

Curriculum
Year 4: HASS WA4HAKUG2
Year 5: HASS WA5HAKUG2
Year 6: Science WA6SSUB1, WA6SSUC1

River Food Web

Water Quality stream

Phosphorous is a key nutrient contributing to algal blooms in the Swan River. Students will discover how our daily activities contribute to the amount of phosphorous entering the river then, as they become part of an aquatic food chain, they will see first-hand how algal blooms affect the plants and animals that live there.

Delivered by South East Regional Centre for Urban Landcare

Curriculum

Year 4: Science WA4SSUB1
Year 4: HASS WA4HAKUG2, WA4HAKUG3
Year 6: Science WA6SSUB1

Wetland Wonders

Water Quality

What is a wetland? And why are they important? In this engaging and exploratory session, students will learn about wetlands and the role they play in keeping our rivers, lakes and oceans clean by becoming ‘turbidity’ detectives.

Curriculum
Year 4: Science WA4SSUB1
Year 4: HASS WA4HAKUG2
Year 5: HASS WA5HAKUG2
Year 6: Science WA6SSUB1, WA6SSUC1

Would You Like Salt With That? 

Water Quality stream

Students explore the impact of forest clearance on our land, water cycle and water quality. By tasting increasingly salty liquorice, they discover first-hand the effect that increased levels of salinity have on our native vegetation and how it is caused.

Curriculum
Year 4: Science WA4SSUB1
Year 4: HASS WA4HAKUG2
Year 5: HASS WA5HAKUE2, WA5HAKUG2
Year 6: Science WA6SSUB1

 Food Chain Chase 

In this active learning experience, students gain an understanding of how water pollution spreads and multiplies through the food chain and its effect on the natural world. Then they will discover some of the ways pollution enters our water sources and think about how we can stop it!

 Frog-o-logic 

Frogs know all about water quality, and your students will too! In this giant board game, our froggy teams will compete to see who knows the most about frogs, conservation and groundwater. The winners go home with a chocolate frog, and everyone goes home understanding how all living things depend on a healthy ecosystem to survive.

Go Fish!

Presented by the Department of Primary and Regional Industry Fisheries Education team.

 Root Pursuit 

Can your banksia reach the groundwater before summer? Learning about our local banksia woodlands and how they are dependent on groundwater, they will explore the impact of dropping groundwater levels as they race their roots to water before its too late!