The mobile education exhibit was approved with a $55,000 budget in 2011. It took 8 months to convert a trailer for the exhibit. The trailer's graphics, aquifer model, and conversion each accounted for 15-33% of the budget. The exhibit focuses on watersheds, groundwater, permeability, and non-point/point source pollution. It targets 6th-8th graders and is used at about 60-80 community events per year. The most missed question on the 2011 STAAR test was about aquifers, showing the need for the exhibit's groundwater education.

1. Upper Trinity GCD
Mobile Education Exhibit
Jillian McDonald
TAGD meeting
October 30, 2013
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2. Exhibit Details
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Budget- District approved
$55,000 in 2011
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Trai
ler
30
%
Timeline- 8 month process from
purchase of trailer to first visit
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•
Grap
hics
15%
Staff- 1-2 person staff for events
Trailer Use- about 60-80 days
out of the year
Trailer
Convers
ion
22%
Aqu
ifer
Mo
del
33%

3. Aquifer Model
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4. STAAR Test Curriculum
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5. Public Education Exhibit
• Who is our target audience?
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- 6-8th grades
(10 months out of the year)
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- Community events and
other county programs (on
•
demand)
What do we teach?
Watersheds
O&G
Aquifers
Permeability
Groundwater
Porosity
Non-point and point source pollution

6. According to the 2011 STAAR test, the most
missed question of any science related
section was….
„aquifer.‟
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7. District Demographics- Under 18
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Montague- 28.9%
Wise- 32.2%
Parker- 30.2%
Hood- 25.8%

16. Resources

17. Aquifer Exhibit in the
News
Publication in Nocona News
Published in Bowie News

19. Student Responses
•866 students surveyed
•76% responded with active
responses toward future
conservation efforts
•100% of schools requested to
schedule visits next year
Students were asked:
“How will you implement water conservation
in your home?”