The 2016 Earth Day Texas was the planet’s largest Earth Day Expo ever. The 130,000 visitors who attended the event, held April 22-24 at Fair Park, were treated to 700 interactive exhibits showcasing leaders in the corporate, academic, and non-profit worlds, including a booth featuring Lakehill Preparatory School.
Students in Lakehill’s AP Environmental Science class showcased a variety of environmentally friendly projects. Their exhibits included an interactive game to determine the rate of decomposition of eight common household items (Afton Guedea and Reed Henry), a station for visitors to make composters out of recycled soda bottles (Audrey Castaigne and Guilia Ferguson), a water table which demonstrated how surface pollutants can contaminate water (Kevin Lantz andKason Burt), a station to test the different pH levels of batteries, (Adam Muncaster and George Cheng), an interactive fishing game to highlight the impact of pollution on lakes and streams (Kaeli Bunger and Camryn Thompson), a simulated oil-spill with suggested solutions for safe clean-up (Charlie Pippen and Zain Imam), and a world map for attendees to add their personal Earth Day pledge (Charlotte Abate and Tata Fortune).
Visitors to the event could also tour the tiny house village, test drive electric bikes and cars, and see NASA’s Space Station exhibit.
Earth Day Texas is an annual festival seeking to elevate environmental awareness and change the way North Texans think, live, and work. This is the fifth year that Lakehill has been featured.
By Afton Guedea
Marketing Intern, Class of 2016
