Susan joined us today to remind us of our important work from the fall involving the McCab's Brook and its health and how we as a community affect the health of this stream and I turn the LaPlatte River and Lake Champlain! She had us focus on our community and to think about impervious and pervious places around our water sources! We then brainstormed ideas for SCS and how we can design Best Management Practices to help our run off/storm water reach pervious places safely and efficiently! We came up with improved gutter systems, rain gardens, roof gardens, tree planting and more!
We then had time to explore ideas by creating models of our BMPs that are GSI (Green Storm Water Infastructures). We want our BMPs to slow down, spread out and soak up storm water/run off and protect our watershed from pollutants! Wow! I wonder which 5 th Grade Scientist will continue this work throughout his or her life! Thank you Susan for giving us this opportunity to be stewards of our watershed and engineers that have the opportunity to make change in their community!
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