Twelve NWAMN members (Pat Lemmer, Steve Munch, Bonnie Munch, Ken French, John Harris, Deanna Fletcher, Jon Fletcher, Melanie Beck, Dianne Gately, Glen Greene, Mitch Cockrill and Ralph Weber) taught water education through poetry, games, a watershed model and an amazing toy called Eyeclops at the 5th annual Secchi Day on Beaver Lake, held Saturday, August 21, 2010.

Secchi Day on Beaver Lake is devoted to education and science about Beaver Lake, which provides water to more than 350,000 people living in NW Arkansas. The event is named after the Secchi Disk, a 20 cm disk used to measure water turbidity. NWA Master Naturalists manned tables with five activities: Water Poetry, where children and adults could put their water thoughts into words or pictures; the Water Trivia Wheel, where contestants had to spin a wheel and answer a question correctly (What is a watershed? What is turbidity?) to receive a prize; a Beaver lake Watershed Model, which showed how pollution from various sources can enter the lake; Surf and Turf/Drop in the Bucket, showing how little amount of water is actually potable despite the fact that water covers about 70% of the Earth’s surface; and the Eyeclops Bionic Eye, a hand-held microscope that magnifies 200 times. This is the first year that the sponsors of Secchi Day held the Education Festival in an attempt to attract more families. At the end all agreed that it was a success. Thanks to all who participated – you were great!