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.
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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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