Foster a love for our watershed at home! On this page you will find activity pages and ideas for hands-on activities to do at home, in your neighborhood, and around your community. Materials are provided in both English and Spanish whenever possible.
- Build A Watershed: Using materials found around your home build a watershed to explore how water moves through the landscape. For a smaller project, use a cookie sheet, newspaper, and trash bag to build your watershed.
- Water Cycle in 3 Simple Steps: Use a cup, shaving cream, and food coloring to see the water cycle in action: evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
- Make a Rain Gauge: How much water do plants and gardens need to survive? Turn a 2-litter bottle (or any container) into a rain gauge to measure precipitation amounts.
- Erosion in a Bottle: See how plants help keep our waterways clean.
- Build a Terrarium: Watch your beautiful indoor terrarium thrive as water is reused over and over in this closed system.
- Play Hide and Seek with Pollution: How do you identify pollution? What types of materials can pollute our environment?
Kupitisha upendo kwa ajili ya watershed yetu nyumbani! Katika ukurasa huu utapata kurasa za shughuli na mawazo ya shughuli za mikono kufanya nyumbani, katika jirani yako, na karibu na jamii yako. Vifaa hutolewa katika Kiingereza na Kihispania kila inapokuwa na uwezekano. - Jenga Bonde la Maji: Kutumia vifaa vilivyopatikana karibu na nyumba yako jenga bonde la maji ili kuchunguza jinsi maji yanavyosonga kupitia mazingira. Kwa mradi mdogo, tumia karatasi ya kuki, gazeti, na mfuko wa taka kujenga bonde lako la maji. Mzunguko wa maji katika hatua tatu rahisi: Tumia kikombe, cream ya kunyoa, na rangi ya chakula kuona mzunguko wa maji katika hatua: mvuke, condensation, na mvua. - Fanya kipimo cha mvua: Mimea na bustani zinahitaji maji ngapi ili ziendelee kuishi? Kwa mfano, unaweza kutumia chupa ya lita mbili ya maji (au chupa nyingine yoyote) kama kipimo cha mvua ili kupima kiasi cha mvua. - Uharibifu katika chupa: Ona jinsi mimea inavyochangia kuweka njia zetu za maji safi. - Kujenga Terrarium: Angalia terrarium yako nzuri ya ndani kusitawi kama maji ni kutumika tena na tena katika mfumo huu uliofungwa. - Kucheza Hide and Seek na uchafuzi: Jinsi ya kutambua uchafuzi? Ni aina gani za vifaa vinavyoweza kuchafua mazingira yetu?