Puddle Pictures. Presenter s Script

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1 General Instructions Presenter s Script You will have 15 minutes to present your activity. When you hear the air horn blow, you will begin your presentation (please do not start presenting until the air horn sounds this is especially important at the start of the day as this is how we ensure the festival stays on schedule). When the horn sounds again, it is time for your students to move onto their next session. Overview of this activity This activity introduces and reinforces key water terms that students will learn throughout their day at the water festival. Set up Prior to students arriving: Ensure that the game area is set up, ready to play. Make sure that there is chalk available for drawing at the front. Overall expectations Demonstrate an understanding of key water terms Demonstrate an understanding of how students can protect and conserve water Introduction Start by dividing the students into two teams. Once students are divided, have the teacher be score keeper and timer. Parent volunteers can be team leaders as required. Provide instructions to the group as follows: Today we are going to be playing a great game called!

2 Who has played the game Pictionary before? Elicit response from students Excellent. You guys should have a great idea how this works then I m going to ask for volunteers to come up and draw the water related word on the back of one of these Puddle Cards. Your team will have 1 minute to guess what you are drawing. If your team guesses without any clues being given, your team scores 5 points! If your team guesses after the first clue is given, they score 3 points. If they guess after the second clue being given, they score 1 point. Now if your team doesn t guess before the minute is up. The other team will get one chance to guess what the Puddle Picture is and steal 2 points for their team! Everybody understand? Elicit responses from students Activity Then let s play! Who is my first volunteer to come and draw for Team 1? Select student and show them the word on the first card. Make sure they understand the word and then tell the teacher to start timing. Start now! Kids will try to guess

3 If no correct answer is given by end of minute, then allow second team 10 seconds to give ONE correct answer. If not given in time or the answer is wrong no points are awarded. Give the correct answer and show the back of the Puddle Card to the kids. Kids have 10 seconds to provide one agreed to answer. This answer to be given by the team leader if there is one. Wrap Up You guys did a great job with some tough! Way to go!! So what is the final score? Look at teacher and have the teacher give the final scores. Good job teams! You all did a great job! Thanks for playing today! Remember how important water is to our families. Let s all do our part to conserve water and not waste it! Activity for if you have extra time This activity center has been allotted 15 minutes. If you have a few minutes left before it is time for your students to move, you can give them some more quick water facts.

4 Clues, Water Facts, Questions Bathtub Clue 1: A large container that holds water, in which a person washes their self. Clue 2: You will find this large container in your main bathroom in the house. Fact: The average family of 4 people will use 5 bathtubs full of water every day! Dam Clue 1: This is a barrier, which generally is meant to keep water from moving past a certain point. Clue 2: Beavers often build one of these on a creek or river. Fact: Man made dams are often used in the production of Hydro Electricity. These are called Power Dams. Dinosaur Clue 1: These creatures lived millions of years ago. Clue 2: These creatures became extinct during the ice age. Fact: Did you know that the water you took a bath in could have been the same water that a dinosaur once took a bath in? Water has been going through the water cycle for millions of years, so the water we have today was likely used by the dinosaurs too. Think of that the next time you drink a glass of water! Drip Clue 1: The sound water makes when a tap is leaking. Clue 2: The formation and falling of drops of water is a. Fact: What should you do if your faucet is dripping? Answer: Fix it! Drought Clue 1: This can occur when there is less than the normal amount of rainfall in a region. Clue 2: This shortfall of rain has major effects on agriculture. Fact: Have we ever had a drought in the Niagara Region?

5 Answer: Yes We had quite a severe drought in 2005, which effected the grape and fruit farmers in the region. Cities were put on water restrictions as well to conserve water. Fire Hydrant Clue 1: They are yellow and red and are seen along the sides of streets. Clue 2: Fire fighters may connect hoses to them when fighting fires. Fact: Fire Hydrants are part of the municipal water service and allow fire fighters to use the municipal water to help extinguish fires. Ground Water Clue 1: The name for water that comes from underground. Clue 2: Pumps are used to bring this type of water up from the ground. Fact: Only 1.7% of the World s water resources is groundwater. Hydro Electricity Clue 1: The force of falling or flowing water is used to produce this. Clue 2: Niagara Falls is used to produce this. Fact: Hydro Electricity is renewable, relatively non-polluting and is Canada s largest source of electric power generation. Ice Cube Clue 1: A frozen block of water. Clue 2: These are used to cool your drink. Fact: True or False Hot water freezes faster than cold water. Answer True When hot water is used in an ice cube tray and put into the freezer some of the ice in the freezer melts and condenses on the warm water causing it to release heat quickly and freeze faster. Lock Clue 1: They have these between St. Catharines and Port Colborne. Clue 2: They are used to raise and lower ships. Fact: How many years did it take to build the Welland canal?

6 A) 5 years B) 18 years C) 20 years D) 32 years Answer: B) 18 years The current Welland Canal was built between 1914 and Ocean Clue 1: This body of water is salty. Clue 2: The Atlantic and the Pacific are examples of one of these. Fact: How much of the world is covered by ocean: A) 50% B) 63% C) 71% D) 80% Answer: C) 71% Pond Clue 1: This body of water is smaller than a Lake. Clue 2: The Henley Rowing Regatta happens on Martindale. Fact: In areas which were once covered by glaciers, some ponds were made when the glaciers retreated. These types of ponds are known as kettle ponds. Pool Clue 1: You may cool off in one of these during the summer. Clue 2: A man made structure that you might swim in. Fact: Did you know that 1 out of every 20 swimming pools leaks? The average pool that is leaking will leak 3145 litres per day! Puddle Clue 1: These are generally formed during rainstorms. Clue 2: Kids often like to jump in these after a rainstorm. Fact: Puddles evaporate quickly after a rain storm because they tend to be very shallow for the big surface area they have so many water molecules will evaporate at once. Rain Barrel Clue 1: This object helps to prevent runoff of rain water. Clue 2: This object is used to collect and store rain water at houses. Fact: If used and maintained properly, a rain barrel can reduce runoff by as much as 65% to 70%. It is also excellent for conserving water usage during peak summer periods.

7 Runoff Clue 1: This happens when more rain falls than the soil can absorb. Clue 2: This is the term used to describe water leaving an area over land to a lower point of elevation. Fact: Runoff will often carry unwanted pollutants into the watershed such as fertilizers, oils, and solvents. Shower Clue 1: This is an enclosed area with a nozzle that sprays water over you. Clue 2: Sometimes, instead of taking a bath you take a. Fact: A five minute shower will use approximately half as much water as a typical bath, providing an excellent way of conserving water. Sprinkler Clue 1: A device that sprays water into the air. Clue 2: A device that attaches to a garden hose for watering grass or gardens. Fact: Sprinklers are built into buildings to put out fires if they happen. Storm Drain Clue 1: A system of gutters, pipes or ditches used to carry away storm water from surrounding lands to rivers, lakes or oceans. Clue 2: The system of grates and pipes that drains rain water during storms back to the lake or ocean. Fact: Storm Drains carry considerable pollution into our rivers, lakes and oceans as runoff washes things items such as fertilizers, oils, chemicals into the storm drains. Chemicals should never be drained into storm sewers! Swamp Clue 1: A body of water that has a lot of green algae on the surface of it. Clue 2: The Everglades in Florida is a famous landmark of one of these. Fact: True or False Swamps can be either fresh or salt water swamps. Answer: True they can be either fresh or salt water swamps.

8 Water Cycle Clue 1: This is the name of the journey water takes from the land to the sky and back again. Clue 2: Evaporation, condensation and precipitation are the three main steps of this journey of water. Fact: The water cycle has no beginning or end it simply keeps recycling. Water Shed Clue 1: An area of land where all the water under it or drains off of it goes into the same place. Clue 2: All the water in this, which Ball s Falls is part of, drains into Lake Ontario. Fact: There are five main Watersheds in Canada. They are the Pacific Ocean watershed, the Arctic Ocean watershed, The Hudson Bay watershed, the Atlantic Ocean watershed, which we are a part of, and the Gulf of Mexico watershed. Water Snakes Clue 1: These creatures can grow to be up to 5 feet long. Clue 2: These reptiles are not venomous. Fact: True or False Water Snakes can t climb trees. Answer: False They can climb trees and will often drop into the water or boats as they pass by. Water Tap Clue 1: This device is used to turn water on and off. Clue 2: You turn on the to get a drink of water. Fact: A leaky water tap dripping at a rate of one drop per second will leak over 800 litres of water per month! Make sure your parents fix their leaky taps! Water Tower Clue 1: This structure is an elevated water storage container. Clue 2: One of these structures can be found in Virgil, and Fonthill.

9 Fact: Water towers are used to store water and provide sufficient water pressure for the water distribution system. Water Truck Clue 1: A vehicle used for moving water. Clue 2: The vehicle has a large tank on it to hold the water. Fact: In areas where water is not easily distributed, water trucks distribute water to these areas. This is common in places such as Mexico. Wave Clue 1: When wind blows across the water these are made. Clue 2: Surfers surf on these; they Ride the. Fact: Waves have a big effect on the environment. Waves circulate nutrients through the ocean and do beneficial things like take Carbon Dioxide into the ocean, while releasing Oxygen out. Wetland Clue 1: These are areas where water and land meet and are often wet for a significant part of the year. Clue 2: These areas are found along shorelines of oceans, lakes, rivers and in local land depressions. Fact: Wetlands filter out sediment and pollution from the surrounding environment so that the water that comes out of them is cleaner than the water that went into them. Whirlpool Clue 1: It is a swirling body of water. Clue 2: There is one in the Niagara River. Fact: True or False The majority of whirlpools are very powerful? Answer: False. The majority of whirlpools are not very powerful. Generally, whirlpools are caused by the meeting of opposing currents.