Students construct a three-dimensional model of a water catchment basin using everyday objects to create hills, mountains, valleys and water sources. They experiment to see where rain travels and collects, and survey water pathways to see how they can be altered by natural and human-made activities. Students discuss how engineers design structures that impact water collection, and systems that clean and distribute water.

Concepts

engineering, topography, water quality, stem, watersheds

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Additional Tags

basin, catchment basin, water collection, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, landform, watershed

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)