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Kneeling, nose-to-beaker, a fifth-grader from Loomis, NE studies percolation patterns of nitrogen applications. Outside, dozens of students from schools around the state—Omaha to Broken Bow to Red Cloud—participate in a drilling demonstration and learn hands on how groundwater samples are obtained. On the center stage, three students from Plainview take on the undefeated Burwell champs in a rousing round of “Dripial Pursuit.”
These are only a few of the more than 80 activities offered to Nebraska fourth through sixth grade students at the annual Nebraska Children's Groundwater Festival. Now in its fifth year, the festival has captured not only the interest of thousands of Nebraska students and teachers, but the attention of environmental educators across the U.S. and Mexico.
State and federal agencies, private industry, environmental organizations, and higher education all put aside their agendas for one day to cooperate in educating children about groundwater, surface water, and other natural resources in a fun, festive-like atmosphere complete with hands-on activities. USDA-ARS and SCS, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. EPA, Cooperative Extension IMC Fertilizer, Inc, DowElanco, Valmont Irrigation, Nebraska Soybean Board, Nebraska Well Drillers Association …
Footnotes
Susan Seacrest is the president and Amy Killham is the festival director for the Nebraska Groundwater Foundation, 5561 S. 48th St., Suite 232B, Lincoln, NE 68516.
- Copyright 1993 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society
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