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Build a Watershed

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Participants build 3-D models of watersheds and experiment to see how human and natural activities affect them.

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Hints for uses in your library	Connect several model watersheds together to make a larger area. Or, create a dam or use Lego pieces to build houses. What would happen in a flood?
Related Links	NASA Real World: NASA and the Chesapeake Bay How Much Water is on Earth? Space Place in a Snap! Curious Kids: What is a Watershed? What Is a Watershed? Curious Kids: Lakes, Rivers & Estuaries Water Education TV: What Is a Watershed? Watersheds THE WATERSHED SLEUTH CHALLENGE
Originating Source	Dream Big
Related Books [Suggest a book]	You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Clean Water by Roger Canavan One Well: The Story of Water on Earth by Rochelle Strauss Every Last Drop: Bringing Clean Water Home by Michelle Mulder These Seas Count! by Alison Formento Riparia's River by Michael J. Caduto Try This at Home: Planet-Friendly Projects for Kids from the Editors of Owl Magazine Rosie Revere's Big Project Book for Bold Engineers Engineered!: Engineering Design at Work Engineer Academy by Steve Martin and Nastia Sleptsova

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