In this section we will look at water and see how clean it is and how we can use it for our own land in a sustainable way. Use the worksheet for this section and follow along. If you need any worksheets printed out please let us know and we can help you out.
Ministry Piece
Westcreek Canyon Water
Wetlands and Water
Florida Finding water
Colorado Finding Water
Good video on what happens to water.
Video on watersheds. All water goes somewhere.
Cool Water experiments that you can do at home.
These are fun ways to mess with water. Just get a plastic bin, sand, rocks, and whatever else you want and show how water erodes it. (does this look like a natural landscape, whats missing? plants - how do you model this)
Good video on potential water catchers. This shows how water can be caught on your own property.
how to make a wildlife pond on your land. You can make it as big or as small as you want. You can also put it in a container and not into the ground. This can be used to capture water and use.
Video I did in Colorado about a stream with 2 mouths. Take a look!
We should restore wetlands and then our water would be cleaner, there would be less flooding, and this world would be better off.
Wetland Restoration Example
This is a great example of how and why to restore wetlands.
https://www.watercalculator.org/?cid=1408