The EnviroScape model is a plastic model which is taken into classrooms to introduce to students the concept of a catchment, and to demonstrate how land use activities such as farming can affect water quality.
Students design the landscape by placing objects such as trees, cars, houses and farm animals on the model. Food colouring, cooking oil, soap and cocoa powder can be sprinkled onto the model to represent different pollutants. Students create rain using water bottles and observe the contaminants making their way to waterways.
It is a very good visual way to demonstrate how land use can affect waterways. Following the demonstration, students are encouraged to suggest ways to mitigate and prevent contamination.
Find out more on their website: www.enviroscape.com
To enquire about the EnviroScape model, please fill in our online form, contact the team on 0800 76 88 45, or send an email to education@es.govt.nz.
Resource kits
We have five awesome new kits to lend to schools to support your students' environmental learning. We have Stream Study, Living Landscapes, Pests, Beeswax Wraps and Zero Waste kits available. You can book any of these kits and we'll pop along to show you how it all works! To book, just fill in this online form.
