EXHIBIT FOCUS QUESTIONS

Want to direct your experience? Can you find the answers to these questions?  

 Booth 3. Mackinaw Valley Longrifles Association

  • What centuries are portrayed by this group?

  • What is rifling and why was a longrifle an improvement?

 Booth 4. IVY CLUB SAILBOAT      

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 Booth 6.

 Booth 7. IVY CLUB CARDBOARD BOAT

 Booth 8.

 Booth 9.  Illinois Valley Yacht & Canoe Cub

 Booth 10. The Rivers Project

  • What is your closest surface water source called?

  • What does the clay vessel represent?        

 Booth 11. SINE FAMILY TRIBUTE -Thorpe Sine

  • What is the indigenous heritage or nation of the Sine family?

  • What ceremony did Hayna Sine perform annually at the Clean Water Celebration?   

 Booth 12. Illinois American Water

  • Why is Fluoride added to the water?  

  • Name one way you can conserve water at home

 Booth 13. Ameren Illinois

  • How much energy is saved by using an LED bulb compared to an old incandescent bulb

    and how much longer does an LED last?

  • Why is it important to properly recycle a burned out Compact Fluorescent Lamp?               

 Booth 14. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency

  • Name one example of nonpoint source pollution.

  • Give an example of a "tool" that can be used to indicate water quality.

 Booth 15. Illinois Department of Natural Resources

  • What is an invasive species?

  • What is one thing we can do to stop aquatic invaders?           

 Booth 16. Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery

  • How many species of cold, cool and warm water fish are reared here?

  • What aquifer is the water source for the hatchery?

 Booth 17. Greater Peoria Sanitary District

  • On a sunny day, how long does it take to clean wastewater in Peoria? 

  • How long before Peoria's clean water makes it to the Gulf of Mexico? 

 Booth 18. Nicolina’sTurtle Co

  • As a kid, what can I do to help with conservation efforts?

 Booth 19. Pontiac Township High School

  • How many pounds of pharmaceuticals have we properly disposed of?

  • How many Alligator Snapping Turtles have we put back into their native home range?

 Booth 20. Illinois American Water (see 12)

 Booth 21. Better Earth Logistics

  • Where does BEL take the compost it collects?

  • How long does it take for the compost to turn into soil?

 Booth 22. Sun Foundation VIRTUAL Clean Water Celebration App

 Booth 23. BOW SEAT Film Festival

  • Which film did you like the best? Why?

  • How can you participate with Bow Seat?

 Booth 24. Sun Foundation 30 Years In t-shirts

 Booth 25. Sun Foundation 30 Years In t-shirts

 Booth 26. Sun Foundation 30 Years In t-shirts

 Booth 27. Central IL Monarch Butterfly Task Force

  • What two primary factors can cause the seal level to rise?

  • Due to additional carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and absorbed by the oceans, ocean acidity has increased by what percent since pre-industrial times?

 Booth 28. PRESTON JACKSON - FIRST CIRCULAR PAINTING

 Booth 29. Community Art History Making - Big Picture Peoria 

 Booth 30. Tom’s Metal Works

  • What do you know about trash and how it affects the world?  

  • What do you think you can do to contribute to this effort? 

 Booth 31.The Nature Conservancy

  • Is soil a natural resource worth protecting?

  • Name 2 birds that rely on wetland habitat.

 Booth 32. Illinois Central College- Students Association for the Environment

  • Where does water come from and how does it get to your faucet or a water fountain?  

  • What does the water taste like and how can you tell what kind of water it is? 

  • What is in the water that makes it taste the way it does?

 Booth 33. Heart of Illinois Sierra Club

  • What two primary factors can cause the seal level to rise?

  • Due to additional carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and absorbed by the oceans, ocean acidity has increased by what percent since pre-industrial times?  

 Booth 34. U of I  Illinois State Water Survey

 Booth 35. U of I Illinois State Water Survey

  • Groundwater flows through the ground like ____flows through a wire.

  • What should a private well owner do every year?

 Booth 36. PRESTON JACKSON - FIRST CIRCULAR PAINTING

 Booth 37. Community Art History Making - Big Picture Peoria 

 Booth 38. Tazewell County Health  Department -Green Initiatives

  • Are plastic bags recyclable?

  • How can reducing waste protect our water sources?

 Booth 39. Tazewell County Health  Department - Radon in My Water

  • How does radon get into our houses?

  • Is radon in my drinking water?

 Booth 40. Central Region Ground Water - Groundwater

  • How can we accidentally contaminate our groundwater supply?

  • Why do you need to properly seal a private water well?

 Booth 41. Diverse Metamorphosis

  • What does soil restoration have to do with water conservation?

  • What is a Trophic Cascade?

 Booth 42. US Army Corps of Engineers

 Booth 43. US Army Corps of Engineers

  • How many locks and dams are on the Illinois Waterway?

  • These float and you don't...what are they?