Year Sixes Sponge Cities

Today Year 6 explored how estuaries and wetland are important for cities.  We used a lesson borrowed from the Sustainable Schools Team.

Firstly we listened to a poem which weaved the Maori World View into our water cycle.

Next we reviewed the water cycle in groups.

Methunee "The sun makes the water go up and water comes down and the lakes get full and it happens again"

Albert "The sunlight makes the puddles, sea, lakes and rivers warm and then they rise up"

Afterwards we experimented in the nghere with how water moves in our cities. 

 Jerry - "The forest floor soaked up our water"

Robyn "The water flows quicker through the pipe compared to the forest floor"

Conrad "The sponge soaked up the water like the forest floor"

We learnt how China is leading the way in creating sponge cities by mimicking nature. Cities need lots of green and blue spaces to soak up downpours. 

Mark "If we put sponges in the city they would act like forest floors."

"Wetlands take less time to soak up water"

Conrad "More trees, grass and dirt will mean you're less effected by floods"

Lastly we played a Kahoot to review.