Presenter Kits

Presenter kits were developed using the following criteria:

- Each kit needs to be user friendly. In other words, kits have to be all-inclusive and designed to be used by a non-water expert.

- Each kit has to contain all supplies needed to present to all time blocks that are available during the day (our presenters have to present a maximum of six times
during the course of the day).

- Each kit has to provide the presenter with basic information about the subject for which they are presenting.

- Each kit has to contain at least one item for each child to take home with them.

- Each kit has to identify at least one entry-level water concept.

- Kits can be developed from pre-existing activities that can be easily adapted to be area or age specific.

- Each kit has to be an activity that is not commonly presented at the Festival.

- Each kit can cost no more than $500 to assemble and $100 per year to maintain or restock.

- Each kit has to be designed with storage complexities in mind. We can not provide storage for large displays or for kits having hundreds of pieces.

Kit Components:

- All BSWF presenter kits are set up in standard components. Each component may vary in detail; however, key components in each kits are basically the same.

- Introduction, background information, and vocabulary terms - this component provides rudimentary information on the subject of the kit. The information
should be fundamental enough for a non-technical person to absorb and specific enough to provide answers to questions that may occur during the
presentation.

- Materials list - this compenent provides the presenter with a complete list of everything included in the kit. Some items may not be physically included in the kit
(water, tables, etc.) but are still listed.

- Preparation time lines - this component is designed to give the presenter guidelines on the amount of prep he/she will have to do before their first time block.
These need to be very close estimates!

- Room/area set up - this component should give the presenter an idea of what type of room set up will work best for that presentation. For example, some
presentations may require that the room be set up in "stations" so the class can be arranged in small groups, etc.

- Procedures - this component should walk the presenter step-by-step through their presentation. It should explain to the presenter what the expected
presentation outcome should be, what types of information needs to be conveyed to the students and specifically what the activity is that the presenter and
class will be working on together. We have added to the text section of many kits "cue cards" that the presenter can use instead of having to page through the
notebook during the activity.

- Final clean up - this component gives the presenter instruction on how the kit needs to be reassembled for storage. In most kits, there will be some supply clean
up (washing out pitchers, wiping off tables, rinsing out cups, etc.).

- Student hand out - We've tried to include at least one item that the students get to take home with them. These kits are not for sale. But feel free to use them for
your Festival!

For more activites from which you may be able to make a presenter kit, visit the Teacher's Resource room on this website.

PRESENTER KITS

Please read the "Presenter Kit" for details about the presentation.

Acid Rain Go Away
(weather) - kids experiment with acid rain
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | Story Cards | Student Handout

Be a Water Treatment Officer
(water treatment/quality) - kids build an aquifer in a cup
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | Officer Badges | Room Setup Diagram

Cool Clear Water
(water quality testing) - secchi disk/lake monitoring activity
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards

Dragonfly Pond
(land/water usage game) - kids build towns on maps and try to figure out who has rights to the water
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | Land Use Board | Land Use Pieces | Best Interest Posters | Neck Cards | Student Handout

Feed the Frog
(amphibian facts) - art project
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | Frog Mask | Frog Bugs | Frog Fact Cards

Fish Olympics
(surface water contamination) - outside; kids play a game of fish tag
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | Fish Picture

Goin' Fishin'
(water safety/wildlife) - outside; kids learn about fishing/water safety
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | First Aid List Presenter Card | First Aid Kit Inventory List | Red Cross

Gooey Garbage
(groundwate contamination) - kids build a lined landfill then pollute the aquifer
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | Banner | Word Find List | Word Find Puzzle

Hooks and Ladders
(life cycle of fish) - outside; obstacle course
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards

Looking for the Key to Wetland Plants
(aquatic plants) - kids learn how plants are categorized
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | Cottonwood Tree Banner Drawing | Character List | Leaf Pattern | Plant Facts

The Mystery of Sand Bottom Creek
(surface water contamination) - kids become part of a mystery
Presenter Kit | Storyboard | Story Cards | Activity Cards | Neck Cards | Water Maze Handout

Stormwater Obstacle Course
(water pollution) - outside; identification of nonpoint source pollution
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | Labels | Station Grid | Station Signs | Thunder Picture

Terrific Terrariums
(water cycle) - kids make terrariums
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | Water Cycle Drawing | Student Handout

Thunderstorm on the Plains
(weather) - kids make thunderstorm sounds - aerobic workout!
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | Instruction Graphic

Wacky Water Hats
(water art) - kids can make one of 12 water creature hats
Presenter Instructions | Presenter Instruction Cards | Animal Description Cards | Animal Card Pattern Pieces | Animal Labels | Construction Instructions

Wetland Gourmet
(wetland food) - kids make food from a wetland and then eat it
Presenter Kit | Presenter Information Cards | Menu Pages | Student Handout

Whose Water Is It?
(wate usage/ownership) - kids role play in small groups
Presenter Kit | Cue Cards | Map | User Symbols | Word Find

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