Let's Take This Outside!
Let's Take This Outside!
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Safety Tip:
Safety Tip:
Dress in Layers
Dress in Layers
The weather is going to change from hot to cold and back now that it's Spring! It's best to be prepared. Dress in layers to stay warm these Spring days. Follow the guide below:
The weather is going to change from hot to cold and back now that it's Spring! It's best to be prepared. Dress in layers to stay warm these Spring days. Follow the guide below:
Wicking Layer
Warming Layer
Weatherproof Layer
Watershed Activity!
Watershed Activity!
You can create your own watershed with a piece of paper, some markers, & water!
You can create your own watershed with a piece of paper, some markers, & water!
Crumple your paper first
Crumple your paper first
This will represent the topography (hills, valleys, mountains) of the landscape in your watershed.
Choose a color for each category and draw/color them onto your paper, creating a city:
Choose a color for each category and draw/color them onto your paper, creating a city:
Brown-farmland
Blue-rivers, lakes, streams
Red-houses
Black-roads, highways, railroad tracks
Green-natural spaces, parks, forests, land preserves
Orange-factories
Purple-other buildings (stores, schools, offices)
It's time for precipitation!
It's time for precipitation!
Squirt water on your watershed.
Be sure to do this on a surface that can get wet & dirty!
What happened?
What happened?
Did all your colors bleed/move?
Where did they go?
Did they blend together?
What does this mean?
Your colors moved as the water would move the substances (pollution, soil, etc) that would have been there! This shows you how our watersheds drain from high points down to lower elevations-often carrying pollutants with the precipitation.
Your colors moved as the water would move the substances (pollution, soil, etc) that would have been there! This shows you how our watersheds drain from high points down to lower elevations-often carrying pollutants with the precipitation.
What can we do to reduce water pollution in our watershed?
What can we do to reduce water pollution in our watershed?
Check out these fun games, activities, & videos about this topic!
Check out these fun games, activities, & videos about this topic!
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