Myla Childers Presents Shocking Way to Clean Dirty Water

Myla Childers (Erath) county is part of a science group called Workforce Industry Training. Recently, Myla demonstrated her group project on electrocoagulation to 5th and 6th grade students at Gilbert Middle School. Using a glass jar, batteries, aluminum foil or hobby wire, wire leads and dirty water Myla showed students how electricity is used to settle out suspended particles in water before it enters cooling towers. This is a terrific, visual demonstration for kids of all ages!

I have created a 4-H Explore Guide titled "Water Filtration and Electrocoagulation" that is listed under 'Water Education Resources" menu on the blog. The direct link to the project book is https://texas4-h.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/explore_waterguide_electro_cooagulation_july2018.pdf.

New Activity Idea - Components of a Community Water System

This activity helps to explain how water gets from its source, to our homes, and back into the environment in a typical community water system. It is easily adapted for grades 4-12, and is recommended for outdoors or in an area that you don't mind spilling a little water.

The activity is divided into two parts: instruction and interactive. During the instruction you can use the poster (shown below) as a prop to describe the different stages that water travels in our community. For the interactive activity, students transfer water in cups (some with holes) while standing in a line (facing front to back) while raising the cups over their heads to pour. The idea is to demonstrate how some water is lost to inefficiency, leaks, and waste throughout the whole process.

The poster is a 24"x36" PDF  file that you can download and have printed. I recommend that you mount the poster in a frame and place it an easel.

The poster file and activity instructions with script are available on the shared Google Drive folder <2019 4-H Water Ambassadors> <Games & Activities> <Community Water System>, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YgoJzA67fd4E3Qa7Wxs0awjiKvliq0ou.

Build and Play Tic-Tac-Know?

Looking for a fun and interactive activity for your 4-H Water Ambassadors exhibit booth or water fair? Tic-Tac-Know? may be your answer!

Tic-Tac-Know? is a new spin on an old game. To Play: Begin by placing the game board on an easel. Choose the appropriate set of trivia cards based upon the age of students and attach 9 of them to the poster frame. If you have a large group of students, divide the group into two teams. Otherwise, only two people are required to play. One team or individual will play the X’s and the other team of individual will play the O’s. Have one team/individual select a game card on the board. Take down the card and ask the question. If the team/individual answers correctly, then place the X or O (whichever the case may be) on the blank space. If the answer is incorrect, remove the question from play and replace it with one of the spare questions. The opposing team/individual will select a card on the board, and attempt to answer the question. Repeat the process until the team/individual gets a three in a column, row or diagonally. The game is over. Reset the questions and repeat for the next group or pair of individuals.

To assemble the game board, you will need a 20"x28" poster frame with clear plastic front, Velcro dots or similar adhesive, and laminated game pieces. Complete game instructions, background poster, and game pieces are downloadable in .pdf format from the shared Google Drive folder. Simply print off, laminate and trim to size. 

'2019 4-H Water Ambassadors' > 'Games & Activities' > 'Tic-Tac-Know?'

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10cogxQy91EVPaMBpCslxhXWaMzCwYgwD

Have Fun!