With 59 outdoor activities, lasting 15 to 30 minutes each, the Halton Children's Water Festival takes engaging programming with links to current curriculum and creates a fun field trip for grades 2, 3, 4 and 5 students to enjoy.
Click below for a sample of some of our activities. Â For a complete list please contact the Festival Coordinator here.
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Shrinking Wetlands—Grade 5
Shrinking Wetlands—Grade 5
In this activity students will learn about wetland resources and the pressures that are put on wetlands. Groups will discuss the uses of wetland resources and ways of protecting them.
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Waterfront Quest—Grade 5
Waterfront Quest—Grade 5
In this activity the students are to discuss what effect people have on the environment through conservation of land/water and through expansion and development of properties. Students are to see the effects of developing lands for urban use and how this affects water and land preservation. Using Waterfront Quest we will create a fun and interactive way for the students to learn these key items.
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Highway H2O—Grade 4
Highway H2O—Grade 4
In this activity students will learn about the use of waterways for transportation. This activity will also focus on significant local water transportation routes and structures.
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We Use That Much—Grade 4
We Use That Much—Grade 4
This activity demonstrates the amount of water a household uses for everyday needs. Students will be using 2L pop (empty) bottles to represent the amount of water used for each household activity.
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Pioneer Water Race—Grade 3
Pioneer Water Race—Grade 3
This activity illustrates the difficulties in transporting water by hand. It is intended to encourage students to appreciate the modern day conveniences that we have, and to rethink taking clean water for granted just because we have easy access to it.
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Go Fish—Grade 3
Go Fish—Grade 3
This activity introduces students to the aquatic food chain and demonstrates how the food chain works, including concepts such as contaminants and bioconcentration. The activity also demonstrates how human behaviour negatively affects aquatic species due to the interconnectedness of the food chain.
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Community Water Race—Grade 2
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Pump House Relay—Grade 2
Pump House Relay—Grade 2
This activity represents the Hamilton Waterworks. The students participate in an interactive relay by squeezing through filters and pipes just as the water would! They will learn how water was obtained before and after 1859 and how the Waterworks changed the way people lived.
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A Balanced Earth—Grade 5
A Balanced Earth—Grade 5
A scale represents the earth and coloured blocks represent five different areas of impact that need to be kept in balance to keep the earth healthy.
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Aboriginal Voices—Grade 5
Aboriginal Voices—Grade 5
Students listen to a local aboriginal story teller to learn about the traditional beliefs and uses of water
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Rate of Flow—Grade 4
Rate of Flow—Grade 4
An in-stream demonstration on water velocity with linkages to the concepts of hydropower and storm water management.
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Forests Hold Water—Grade 4
Forests Hold Water—Grade 4
Students will investigate how human interaction with trees in the forest can affect the long-term health of the forest and in turn the watershed.
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Water Main Break—Grade 3
Water Main Break—Grade 3
Students learn that clean water is delivered to our homes, schools and businesses through a huge network of underground pipes called water mains. They observe that different materials used to construct water mains offer different advantages. Sometimes, cracks can occur in the underground pipes and these cracks lead to water main breaks.
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Green Roofs—Grade 3
Green Roofs—Grade 3
This activity helps students visualize how Green Roof plantings help to reduce storm water runoff and improve air quality.
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Envirotwister—Grade 2
Envirotwister—Grade 2
An activity that demonstrates that the Earth provides us the four essential requirements for life: Food, Water, Air and Shelter. This activity introduces the ecosystem concept and the importance of how all living things are connected to each other.
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Off I Go—Grade 2
Off I Go—Grade 2
A timed relay race where students carry buckets of water through an obstacle course to experience what it is like for children on their water-fetching journeys in developing countries
