Families once again turned out in huge numbers for the annual Lifetime Lab Water Open Day on Saturday 29th August as enthusiastic visitors who flocked to the old waterworks on Lee Road to enjoy stands and water related activities organised by the Lifetime Lab team.

The event is run annually to celebrate Water Heritage Day as part of national Heritage Week. The aim is to help children and adults learn about water through a series of hands-on activities.

Mary Stack Cork County Council, at the water beasties stand

Enthusiastic volunteers manning the science stands captivated their audience with interesting information and hands on activities for the kids. You could learn to be a ‘Water Detective’ and use technology to see if water was safe to drink, find out about different types of rocks and where you could find groundwater,ask if there is water on mars and also see for yourself the wide range of creepy crawlies that live in our streams.This year water safety and water hobbies also featured.   

 

Discussing how water is important to safety are the O'Donnell family with members of Cork City Fire Brigade during water open day 2009

Children scoured the site looking for little water drop cards,families also got a chance to make sea snakes at the very popular creation station.As always the ‘Water Rocket’ launches in the Lifetime Lab garden were a top attraction closely followed by the highly enjoyable ‘Water Fun’ stand where children learned how to blow giant bubbles using an ingenious combination of drinking straws and string.

A giant bubble escapes during water open day 2009

Lifetime Lab would like to thank all the volunteers who help make the day such a success as well as Cork City Council, the South Western River Basin District, South Western Fisheries Board, the EPS, An Taisce’s Clean Coast Programme, UCC Geology Department, Cork County Council,Cork City Fire Brigade,Cork Civil Defence,Ravenstone Bird Services,Atlantic Boat Model Group,Blackrock Castle Observatory,Cllr.Kieran McCarthy. 

Members of the Atlantic Pond Model Boat Group pictured at Lifetime Lab annual water open day

Lee Valley photographic exhibition as part of water open day 2009