The Problem
Urban Runoff
Urban Runoff
Updating our green areas of the schoolyard to absorb water and diminish runoff in the school yard. Actions include: -Watershed Audit -adding trees to the yard -adding flowerbeds -installing an aeroponics system -starting a cricket farm to feed the fish in our aquaponics system
Students identified the issue that they wanted to address as urban runoff. To meet the challenges of urban runoff students took a many fold approach. 1) students audited the school yard and identified where we have the most runoff and will address it by working to add green space to the school 2)Designed River Cleaning Boats 3) Worked on sustainability by placing aquaponics tanks in multiple classrooms, composting, vermiculture, and a cricket farm to feed their aquaponics fishTh
Students learned how to identify issues, work as a team, and problem solve.
As part of the engineering design challenge students love to make improved iterations of their designs. As for the Cricket Farm students built with roots and shoots funding, we would order smaller crickets to get started as the original crickets were a little large for the fish in our aquaponics systems.
Students enjoyed the river cleaning boats most, but every step was a great learning experience.
Aquaponics, Cricket Farms, Composting, and Worm Farms are great ways to learn about sustainability.