For three days in February, I volunteered for the James River Basin Partnership and helped with their Watershed Festival for Christian County. It was three fun-filled days of teaching about watersheds and how they work I worked with the Enviro-scape model which informs the students about how a watershed drains surface water to a central location. The students learned about both point source and non-point source pollution. The other part of this station was learning how fast water flows from a meandering stream versus a channelized stream. The marble race was a big hit! We talked about erosion problems and also thermal pollution. Some of the students even said that this activity was their favorite! It is great to be able to reach these students about water quality issues. They also had other activities at this festival which included how groundwater flows and macroinvertebrate mayhem! Many of the teachers and chaperones enjoyed the information as well. I am looking forward to continuing these educational opportunities in March.
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