Rainwater Harvesting Native Garden Design: Choosing Plants
by Brianne Loya
This design challenge was open for any interested students from grades 9-12. Students met afterschool over the course of the second semester. This is the 4th sequence of lessons in a set of 4. This lesson focuses on choosing plants that will best meet the water budget requirements students calculated in previous lesson and topography they designed using rainwater harvesting principles.
Lesson Plan Link/URL
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1uxsV1GJpNPwO6U-VwOE_t0SeCJHXbTSe/edit?u…Subject Area
Science Earth and Space Science Life Science Technology 4. Innovative Designer Engineering S1: Engineering & Global Society S2: Apply the Engineering Design Process English Language Arts (ELA) Speaking & Listening
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