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What
is it?
It
is a scale version of a community that incorporates factories, golf
courses, housing developments, construction
sites, farms, and forests. The EnviroScape is a
hands-on learning tool that connects what we do on land to
what happens in our rivers, our
lakes, our oceans and even our groundwater. Simply put--the
EnviroScape
is a visual demonstration of water pollution and ways to prevent it. This display is 8" high by 2.5' wide by
2' deep.
How
does it work?
We all live in a watershed with water pollution coming from many
sources. With
the use of kool-aide mix, cocoa
powder, soy sauce, and water, we are
able to show erosion/sedimentation and pollution from the various sites
located on our model. We can demonstrate soil being washed off
construction sites and farms, fertilizers being
swept off golf courses,
oils being fed into our water systems, and what may happen with
clear-cutting of forests
or even after a forest fire.
Conclusions?
We show students that we are all part
of the problem of pollution and that we can all be part of the solution
too. At
the end
of the demonstration, students are asked if the water in the model's
reservoir is something they would
like to drink? I think we know that answer!!
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EnviroScape
demonstration at a local elementary school. Presentations
adjusted to audiences. Contact Jefferson Conservation District for
community programs.
(720) 544-2870
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