Activity type

Challenge

Duration

15 to 30 min

Target age

All ages

Activity description

This activity offers you numerous habits to integrate into your lifestyle in order to reduce the overconsumption of drinking water.

This activity can be followed by the Measuring your water consumption activity to assess students’ weekly consumption.

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Topics covered

  • Water flow

  • Soil impermeabilization

  • Infiltration

  • Runoff

  • Erosion

Objectives

Understand water flow and the principles of erosion and retention according to different soil types.

  • Observe the water retention and filtration capacity of plants

  • Discuss the phenomenon of soil erosion

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