The Dragonfly Lake and Kingfisher Lake are designed to be an extension of the Marina Reservoir. Water run-off from within the Gardens is captured by the lake system and filtered by aquatic plants before being discharged into the reservoir. Naturally treated water from the lake system is also used water plants in the Gardens.
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Think:
1. How many examples did the video introduce?
2. Which one do you find most fascinating?
Can you name more examples (found at home, in school, or the neighbourhood)?
- Royal Society of Chemistry
Try It Out:
Use some kitchen equipment to practice these skills at home - You will need:
Colander, Sieve, Cheese Cloth, Bowls, Water, and Solids to mix into the water (e.g. rocks, dry rice, dirt)
- TED-Ed
Think:
Your mobile phone is mainly made of plastics and metals. It is easy to appreciate the process by which those elements add up to something so useful (recall Chapter 3).
But there’s another story we don’t hear about - how did we get our raw ingredients in the first place?