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Fish School Makes Splash at Wolf Lake Winter Wonderland Fest
Submitted by Linda Cook, Purdue University 4-H and
Fish School participant
My display at the 5th Annual Winter Wonderland Fest at Wolf Lake was
mostly a passive one since I was one of the festival planners and my
help was needed in the fest events. I set up my table program that
was entitled "Calumet Beginnings" by Dr. Kenneth Schoon of Indiana
University Northwest. Individuals and a few families spoke to me about
safe fish and picked up several of the handouts I had displayed on the
table in front of my large poster unit.
The displays, including my fish school table, were arranged in the
center's large kitchen. Visitors browsed through the exhibits
early when we served rolls and coffee and juice, between the programs,
and during the free lunch served to visitors, presenters, and workers.
We had 73 visitors in the morning at the environmental center. We
had an additional 20 people in the afternoon at the sportsmen's club,
not counting the people who caravanned from the morning sessions.
My exhibit consisted of a 55-inch long by 30-inch high poster board
display mounted on corrugated cardboard box pieces and supported by the
same on the back. I used all 15 sheets of the flip charts
downloaded from my computer. I made orange and yellow 4-inch tall
letters for the title, "Food Fish Consumption."
We want to have active participation from the classroom teachers and
their students at our AWLI Wetlands Festival in May. I could use
my planned revised poster display and the handouts again for a passive
exhibit. In addition, the teachers could bring in samples of
student work and have those students demonstrate what they learned about
making good food choices.
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