Children's Water Festival

Hot Potato Hand Wash

Presented by City of Hamilton, Public Health

In this activity students will learn the importance of hand washing in preventing the spread of infection. They will also learn the proper technique of hand washing through the use of glitter bug lotion and a series of fun activities!

Fluid Power

Presented by Scientists in School

Can water do work for us? We will have a short discussion about Niagara Falls and the Sir Adam Beck Power Plant. The students can then help ‘save’ someone using a water wheel and use a syringe of water to help lift a load in a toy truck. Students will also take part in a true or false water trivia game. First one to fill their ‘well’ with water, wins!

Stormwater Runoff

Presented by Bay Area Restoration Council (BARC)

Getting Back to Our Roots

Presented by Hamilton Conservation Authority

This is an active game where students are aquatic animals competing for food resources. The activity highlights the importance of healthy aquatic habitats to provide food for animals.

The Filtration Station

Presented by ArcelorMittal Dofasco

Wastewater - How Industries Manage It

Presented by Hamilton Industrial Environmental Association (HIEA)

Presented by Safari Niagara

Water Treatment Plant

Presented by City of Hamilton, Hamilton Water

A Drop in the Bucket

Presented by City of Hamilton, Hamilton Water

Osprey Survivor

Presented by The Hamilton Naturalists’ Club

Students will investigate how Osprey (also known as seahawk, fish hawk or fish eagle), a fish-eating bird of prey, feed themselves and their young. Students will also find out how pollutants affect Osprey and how they can help keep the Osprey’s food source pollutant free. Teams try to ‘catch’ as many fish by putting on the wings and running to the ‘pond’, returning with a fish to the ‘nest’ within the required time. Upon their return and when all fish are gone, each team will calculate the healthiness of their catch based on the quality of fish they have caught.

No-Waste Water

Presented by McMaster University, Let’s Talk Science

This lesson includes concepts about healthy ecosystems and their importance in our lives. Students are introduced to a wetland ecosystem and its benefits for flood and pollution control. Using the example of wetlands, the activity introduces raingardens for runoff control and better flush filtration.

Put Waste in the Right Place

Presented by City of Hamilton, Environmental Services

Children will have the opportunity to become Waste Champions by learning where every day items that they see at home and in school should be placed for disposal after they have been used! Through an interactive game the students will be able to put their new found knowledge to the test and see if they really know how to sort their waste into the proper bins.

Bugs N’ Slugs

Presented by City of Hamilton, Hamilton Water

We flush our toilet and put water down the drain and never think of where it goes. What would happen if everything we flushed down the toilet went directly into the lake? Once you flush the toilet the water and sewage go through the sewer lines under the streets to the treatment plant. Here, it is processed and cleaned. A model of a wastewater treatment plant shows the treatment processes on the sewage and the solids collected in the process.

Trip of a Drip

Presented by The Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology

pHish Race

Presented by City of Hamilton, Hamilton Water

Water Main Break

Presented by City of Hamilton, Hamilton Water

In this activity, students will learn and understand how their drinking water gets from the Water Treatment Plant to their faucet or toilet. With sections of actual water main, with valves, shut offs and fire hydrants, students will be able to respect the enormous infrastructure that Hamilton has underground and goes unnoticed. The students will be able to see what a water main break looks like and will experience and help fix the water main as the City of Hamilton employees do.

Waterfront Trolley Ride

Presented by Hamilton Waterfront Trust / BARC

This activity will take the class on a tour of Bayfront Park. A member from the Fish and Wildlife Restoration Program will provide commentary that will educate students on life in the harbour. This activity will allow students the chance to see the revitalization that has taken place along the waterfront.

Fixing Flooding

Presented by Green Venture

Only Rain Down the Drain

Presented by City of Hamilton, Hamilton Water

Students will learn that a catch basin leads to the natural environment and only rain water or snow can go into a catch basin. We will discuss what happens when common household products are disposed of in the incorrect location. This could lead to pollution our water and have effect on our fish and plant life. For example, paints cleaners, gasoline cannot go to a catch basin and should be taken to a Community Recycling Centre.