School and Community Groups

as part of SA Water's Brainwave 2010 Learning Program

SciWorld delivers two fabulous learning experiences fo SA Water as part of the SA Water 2010 Brainwave learning program. The Hope Valley facility ensures safe drinking water is delivered to your tap. The Bolivar facility treats water at the other end of the process. SciWorld encourages teachers to book both tours for maximum benefit to students.

School Program 1: "Poo-Do Gurus" - a FREE tour of the Bolivar Wastewater Treatment Plant

Where does water go after it disappears down the drain? What happens when you flush? How do we recycle water?

Join us on a free tour of the Bolivar Wastewater Treatment Plant, as well as an on-site workshop that covers issues such as filtration, water analysis and what not to put down the sink. This is a two-hour session including a site tour plus hands-on experiments for groups of up to 30 school students in Years 3 to 10, with a more challenging workshop being offered to high school students. SACSA learning areas include Science, Society and Environment, Design and Technology.

Tours are held every Wednesday at 9.45am and 12.15pm from 10 February to 24 November 2010.

Bookings:

• call Bronwyn on (08) 8302 3046, or
• email info@sciworld.org.au

For more information:

• download the Bolivar Wastewater Treatment Plant PDF Flyer here, or
• visit SA Water for more information, and
• disadvantaged schools who may be eligible for travel reimbursement can call (08) 7424 1440.

School Program 2: "Follow That Drop" - a FREE tour of the SA Water Hope Valley Water Treatment Plant

A free tour of the Hope Valley Water Treatment Facility, and hands-on experiments presented by SciWorld at the SA Water Learning Centre, SA Water House, in Victoria Square. Take the journey of a drop of water and see how water gets from the sky to your drinking glass 365 days a year, thanks to the SA Water scientists.

"Follow That Drop" is for primary school students from Years 3 to 7 with a maximum group size of 30 students. Schools will tour Hope Valley for a 60-minute site tour and visit the SA Water Learning Centre on the same day for a 90-minute experiment session, with eating and travel time in between sessions. Total duration is 4 hours, from 10am to 2pm.

Please arrange your own transport (a bus or coach is highly reccommended to enter the worksite at Happy Valley) and disadvantged schools can call (08) 7424 1440 for information on travel reimbursement. SACSA learning areas include Science, Society and Environment, Design and Technology.

Dates:

• Term 2, Week 3 - Monday 3 May to Friday 7 May
• Term 3, Week 7 - Monday 30 August to Friday 3 September
• Term 4, Week 6 - Monday 15 November to Friday 19 November

For more info download the Follow That Drop PDF flyer. Bookings can be made via email info@sciworld.org.au or call Bronwyn on (08) 8302 3046.

Community Program

A FREE tour of the SA Water Bolivar Wastewater Treatment Plant is offered to community groups by arrangement on Wednesdays from February to November 2010. Join us for a guided walking tour (wheelchair accessable) around the Treatment Plant. Arriving to the worksite by bus or coach is highly recommended. A bus or coach os essential if you would like to also visit the DAFF Plant (Dissolve Air Flotation Filtration) as an opitonal extra tour segment. The DAFF Plant is a further step in the water treatment process to produce a higher standard of treated wastewater suitable for food irrigation or where close human contact my result.