Story in Brief
The Water Festival is an event sponsored by the Albany State University Water Planning and Policy Center and Keep Albany-Dougherty Beautiful that is aimed at teaching elementary school students in the southwest Georgia area about various aspects of water and water conservation. Students rotate around to various stations during the day. The UGA Extension agent in Dougherty County taught the students about the importance of water in agriculture. He created a game based on the information presented to motivate the students to learn the information and to reinforce the knowledge presented while playing the game. The game was played using a quiz bowl competition-type buzzer system. Students competed in teams. In his talk, the agent told the students about the ways that water is used in agriculture, the different types of irrigation systems and the advantages and disadvantages of each type, water conserving innovations in irrigation, and from where we obtain water. About 750 students participated in the agent's presentation this year.