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1. Robert Waller

   

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   10/18/2011 6:10 PM

   I am looking for golf course related ideas for a 30-minute teach-in / career day for my daughters 4th Grade Class. She told me "to bring it and don't be boring like the dad from last year".
   
   Any suggestions?
   
   Thanks,
   
   Robert

   
   
   
   
2. Wahlin Scott B

   
   10/18/2011 6:10 PM

   First of all, very cool challenge. As a father of four I loved this kind of stuff. It really makes parenting worthwhile.
   
   Second, your daughter needs to pay for getting you involved in this. Your quote would have motivated me to assure that she fully experienced the error of her ways; "bring it and don't be boring" makes me think your wife might be uppity (coming from a single guy, divorced twice)!
   
   I may not get the right suggestion for you, but if this forum working together cannot get it, this is a complete failure. I will think about it over the next couple days, but right now I can only imagine standing a fourth grade class in front of a 4" line blowing 1500 GPM!

   
   
   
   
3. Andy Jorgensen

   

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   10/19/2011 5:10 AM

   Can you do a power point of a bunch of pictures showing the fun and cool stuff we deal with on a daily basis?
   
   I like the 4" blowout thought....or sunrises, sunsets, wildlife, photos of your crew with smiles, just to name a few. Don't get technical, but rather keep it lighthearted and positive.

   
   
   
   
4. Clay Putnam

   

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   10/19/2011 6:10 AM

   wahlins said: First of all, very cool challenge. As a father of four I loved this kind of stuff. It really makes parenting worthwhile.
   
   Second, your daughter needs to pay for getting you involved in this. Your quote would have motivated me to assure that she fully experienced the error of her ways; "bring it and don't be boring" makes me think your wife might be uppity (coming from a single guy, divorced twice)!
   
   I may not get the right suggestion for you, but if this forum working together cannot get it, this is a complete failure. I will think about it over the next couple days, but right now I can only imagine standing a fourth grade class in front of a 4" line blowing 1500 GPM!

   
   
   
   Wha?? - rubbing eyes - Wha-wha-whaaaa????

   
   
   
   
5. Ryan McNamara

   

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   10/19/2011 6:10 AM

   I talk to a high school class once a year about the profession and i would agree that pictures and talking about the cool stuff we deal with on a daily basis is the way to go. Although I'm talking to an older audience id say the same would apply for you. They all seem to be fascinated by the many different pieces of equipment we use on a daily basis. ( at least the guys anyway!) I'm sure wildlife pictures would definitively appeal to them as well. Good luck and I hope your daughter doesn't find it too boring!

   
   
   
   
6. Peter Bowman

   

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   10/19/2011 7:10 AM

   RWaller said: ... and don't be boring like the dad from last year".
   
   

   
   
   That wasn't your Golf Pro giving a shirt-folding demonstration, was it?

   
   
   
   
7. Gary Carls

   

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   10/19/2011 8:10 AM

   Robert,
   
   We do lots of study tours with middle school kids as part of our OTEI program in Oakland. One of the most popular things we do with the kids that always seems to draw interest is we look at insects or disease under the microscope. We get a plant with some aphids or whatever and let them look at it first then show them what is actually there under the microscope. Always draws lots of oohs and ahhs.

   
   Gary K. Carls, CGCS, President - Oakland Turfgrass Education Initiative
   
   
8. Ronald Conard

   

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   10/19/2011 10:10 AM

   How about the Krebs Cycle?

   
   
   
   
9. Clay Putnam

   

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   10/19/2011 12:10 PM

   conard said: How about the Krebs Cycle?

   
   
   Fun for the entire family...very entertaining.

   
   
   
   
10. Keith Lamb

    

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    10/19/2011 1:10 PM

    http://incolor.inetnebr.com/mcanaday/main.htm

    
    
    
    
11. Michael Rosen

    

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    10/19/2011 2:10 PM

    Dogs. Kids love dogs. Add the insects and mitochondria garb with a splash of 'irrigation gone wrong' videos and I bet you have the teacher's phone number by the end of class period.

    
    
    
    
12. Keith Pegg

    

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    10/19/2011 7:10 PM

    Take a patch of a green that they can see and feel, I remember doing a slide show for my kids at that age, 30 years ago and the bent-grass (poa) was the hit. and the show was okay. Most did not think it was real we pulled it apart and I think every child took some home. Years later some of these same young people worked for me in the summers and they remembered.
    
    Keith Pegg

    
    
    
    
13. Ronald Conard

    

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    10/20/2011 6:10 AM

    keith8 said: Take a patch of a green that they can see and feel, I remember doing a slide show for my kids at that age, 30 years ago and the bent-grass (poa) was the hit. and the show was okay. Most did not think it was real we pulled it apart and I think every child took some home. Years later some of these same young people worked for me in the summers and they remembered.
    
    Keith Pegg

    
    
    Well there you go, Robert. Problem solved. Great idea, Keith.

    
    
    
    
14. Andy Jorgensen

    

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    10/20/2011 7:10 AM

    keith8 said: Take a patch of a green that they can see and feel, I remember doing a slide show for my kids at that age, 30 years ago and the bent-grass (poa) was the hit. and the show was okay. Most did not think it was real we pulled it apart and I think every child took some home. Years later some of these same young people worked for me in the summers and they remembered.
    
    Keith Pegg

    
    
    I had an assistant golf pro once that didn't think it was real either. Kept referring to it as carpet.

    
    
    
    
15. Smith Kerry L

    
    10/21/2011 10:10 AM

    I took bags of various seeds like bermuda, rye, and bent. let them touch and feel it and they seemed shocked about the number of seeds per pound etc. I let them guess before i told them. I also took bags of bunker sand, greens mix, compost, and topsoil. They also liked seeing the tools of the trade. Flag, cup, cup cutter, etc. Definately take plugs from the green, tee, and rough. I also got logoed divot tools and tees from proshop and gave them to the kids.