Exploring River Erosion

This week at After School To-Go, Girlstart students reviewed what they know about erosion and weathering and gained new knowledge about dams, floodgates, and spillways. Girls examined a model of a riverbed and observed the impacts of flooding on the land.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After testing the effectiveness of their group’s dam, girls wrote down their observations shared them with the large group. Students finished the day off with a discussion about the costs of construction and the importance of floodgates, spillways, and dams. These future civil engineers critically analyzed their projects and planned potential improvements that they could make in the future.