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A Guide to Rain Garden Construction
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
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| Author | Locicero, Ryan Trotz, Maya Porteus, Krysta Butler, Jennifer Zeman, William Soto, Brigith |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | Student groups create personal rain gardens planted with native species that can be installed on the school campus, within the surrounding community, or at students' homes to provide a green infrastructure and low-impact development technology solution for areas with poor drainage that often flood during storm events. Students are presented with a guide to rain garden construction in an activity that culminates the unit and pulls together what they have learned and prepared in materials during the three previous associated activities. They learn about the four vertical zones that make up a typical rain garden with the purpose to cultivate natural infiltration of stormwater. Student groups create personal rain gardens planted with native species that can be installed on the school campus, within the surrounding community, or at students' homes to provide a green infrastructure and low-impact development technology solution for areas with poor drainage that often flood during storm events. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado University of South Florida |
| Subject Keyword | Science and Technology Nutrient Pervious Surface Phytoremediation Stormwater Native Plant Biogeochemical Cycle Plant Uptake Transpiration Hydrologic Cycle Rain Garden Water Cycle Water Quality Civil Engineering Impervious Surface Water Quantity Environmental Engineering Scientific Method Green Infrastructure |
| Content Type | Text |
| Time Required | PT2H15M |
| Education Level | Class VI Class VII Class VIII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Technical |
