Education

Since its inception, HRF has been committed to educational and public outreach activities for people of all ages.

For K-12 students, past initiatives include providing information for the 1997 high school student national debate topic that focused on renewable energy. In the spring of 1998, the HRF sponsored an art contest for children 12 years of age and younger. The contestants were asked to color a drawing and write a short statement describing the importance of water to them. In addition, HRF has been an annual contributor to the NEED (National Energy Education Development) Project.











From this page, you will be able to access HRF’s current educational outreach efforts. The engineering contest is an annual event for engineering students in colleges throughout the United States. The contest is an opportunity for students and other interested people to demonstrate their ideas for turning water into power. To compete, each individual or team is required to construct a device that converts the gravity potential of water into mechanical power and then submit the device for testing under competition conditions. Cash prizes, scholarships, and awards are provided to winners.

The school curriculum, Water Works: A Question of Balance, is targeted for students and classes in grades 4 – 8. These hands-on, minds-on units help students explore the scientific and social links between the hydrologic cycle, rivers and electricity. In addition, many students use the hands-on activities as a means for developing projects that can be placed in science fairs.

Lastly, we invite people of all ages to take the Hydro IQ Quiz. Find out if your base of knowledge is as good or better than others. Done in an easy, interactive manner, correct answers and comparisons to the number of others who answered correctly occur as you proceed through the quiz.





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