WaterFest
WaterFest is an annual festival designed to educate youth about the many values of water. It was initiated in 1995 by the Water Quality Forum (WQF) and has grown into an event with hundreds of elementary school children attending from across Knox County and surrounding counties. Ijams Nature Center hosts and coordinates this spring-time event that is planned by forum partners throughout the year. It is designed to be fast-paced, engaging, educational, entertaining and just plain fun for the students.
On the day of this event, WQF partners come together to make WaterFest happen. The CAC AmeriCorps Team take the lead in conducting games, arts and crafts and model-building activities with the students. Story-tellers and musicians engage students in audience participation performances and forum partners run informational/demonstration booths. Local high school and university students provide great volunteer support. And it certainly would not be WaterFest without teachers, principals, and WQF partners all taking their turns in the dunking booth! For more information please call Kara at (865) 577-4717 ext. 15.
WaterFest Rules 2009
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WaterFest
WaterFest 2008 is May 2!! Once again it's time for the annual WaterFest at Ijams Nature Center. WaterFest is an annual festival designed to educate youth on the many values of water. It was initiated in 1995 by the Water Quality Forum and has grown into an event with hundreds of elementary school children attending from across Knox County and surrounding counties. Ijams hosts and coordinates this spring-time event that is planned by Forum partners throughout the year. WaterFest is designed to be fast-paced, educational, entertaining, and just plain fun for students. The CAC ...more
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WaterFest 2004
The Tenth annual WaterFest was a splashing success. "The WaterFest was great," wrote one of the young attendees, "It taught me a lot about cleaning water and polluting water. I also learned that water is very valuable." The third-grader from Sequoyah School summed up the tenth "celebration of water" by adding that, "The WaterFest was the best field trip I have ever had!"
WaterFest is an annual one-day educational festival created to inform the public about the importance of maintaining healthy watersheds. This year’s event, May 7 at Ijams Nature Center, had ...more
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WaterFest 2005
Sunny and seventy! Perfect conditions for the 10th annual WaterFest Celebration For the last ten years, the Water Quality Forum and its partners have sponsored this one day event to highlight the importance of water as the most vital of natural resources. 384 students, 130 teachers and parents and over 80 volunteers/exhibitors gathered at Ijams Nature Center to participate in this hands on learning event. We set off Water rockets, made giant balloons, created an earth aquifer with ice cream, spun the water wheel, tested water pressure, painted a 9 foot long sturgeon and so much ...more
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WaterFest 2006
Another Successful Year
“One Source, One Earth; What Water Means to Me” was this years WaterFest theme. With more contest entries and more event participants than ever before, the 2006 WaterFest at Ijams Nature Center was a huge success. On Thursday, May 4th, almost 800 students from all over Knox County and into Blount County decided to partake in the exciting, fun filled day of water education. Students built water aquifers, learned about the water cycle, set off water rockets, had water relays, tossed water balloons, painted a water scene in the dark, listened to ...more
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WaterFest Announcement
Are you ready for Waterfest 2009?!
WaterFest is an annual Water Quality Forum (WQF) festival designed to educate youth about the many values and aspects of water. Hundreds of elementary school children from all over Knox County and surrounding counties attend this engaging and educational spring-time event. WaterFest was initiated in 1995 by the WQF and has grown into an unforgettable event for all students, teachers and volunteers. The theme for WaterFest 2009 has been chosen: Rolling Down the River, will be the slogan for this ...more
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WaterFest 2007
900 children, 175 teachers and parents, 100 volunteers and exhibitors having 100% pure enjoyment… The 12th annual WaterFest was a blast. A full day of good educational fun. From leaning about watersheds, water Ph, aquifers, the water cycle, how to keep your water clean to making bubbles, water rockets, water hats, tossing water balloons, listening to music, science experiments and face painting. For more information about WaterFest, past and future, please check out the other WaterFest articles on our website, ...more
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WaterFest 2008 "Don't Drought the Power of Water"
Every year it is such a difficult task making the final decision on which of the great pieces of art and poetry are the top winners and which one belongs on teh WaterFest t-shirt. Among many other beautiful artwork and poetry the following are this years winners for "Don't Drought the Power of Water" WaterFest 2008.
Grand Prize Winners: Artwork by Wonyoung Chio & Poetry by Nigel Bethel
Don’t Drought the Power of Water
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