Meeting+Agendas


 * ** Meeting Agendas ** ||
 * ** Session One: ** Introduction to RiverXchange (website waterfestnm.com), **//Where the River Begins//**, Activity “One drop at a time”, possible project-electronic field trip http://ketdiyeft.wikispaces.com/ ||
 * ** Session Two: ** What is our watershed? Guest speaker- Ben Dismukes, Richmond Utilities geographer will describe the path of the KY River from headwaters to Gulf of Mexico. He will lea students on tour of websites to find information about our rivers and teach students to use a GPS. Teach students to use wiki and have them **post to pen pals**: What is our climate, river, state like? Fun facts about our river and state  ||
 * **Session Three:**  **Ecology Club meeting**: Where does water go on our campus? Pattie Stivender will lead a review of the waste audit, and lead a campus mapping of non-pervious surfaces. (Take pictures for Oct. 20 posting. Include pictures of the rain garden.)  ||
 * ** Session Four: ** Review watersheds and pollution with modified Environscape activity. Plan the electronic field trip from Million Park to the Gulf of Mexico. **Post to pen pals** : What is a watershed? What makes it dirty? How can I protect it?  ||
 * ** Session Five: ** Recording day for electronic field trip. (Ask Carol Short to drive us. Permission slips needed. **Post to pen pals//://** What happens to water that hits the surfaces of our campus?)  ||
 * **Session Six:**  **Ecology Club meeting**: Review storm water mapping, do litter/garden clean-up, begin practicing “Storm Drain Gang”  ||
 * ** Session Seven: ** Where do we get our drinking water? Guest speaker: Lonnie Banks from Richmond Utilities (1/2 hour) We could arrange this as an interview with team members asking questions (See River Xchange curriculum) and record this digitally for our postings to pen pals. Work on electronic field trip (divide into teams for script-writing, storyboards, etc.) **Post to pen pals**: Where does our drinking water come from? May include interview with Mr. Banks  ||
 * **Session Eight:**  **Ecology Club meets also**. Practice and video “Storm Drain Gang” Conduct KGHS water quality survey tasks, River Xchange members **post to pen pals**: video of “Storm Drain Gang” with promise that we will address waste water questions Dec. 1/  ||
 * ** Session Nine: ** What happens to our wastewater? Field trip to water treatment facility or guest speaker. **Post to pen pals**: What happens to our wastewater?  ||
 * ** Session Ten: ** Prior Appropriation Game: Learn about NM water rights and learn about water rights in central KY. Who owns the water? Give instructions for taking quiz. **Post:** pictures of activity and answer question “Who are the other water users in our society?”  ||