The map below shows the permeable or soft surface in red. The impermeable or hard surfaces are blue. What is the yellow square?
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What are the largest impermeable (blue) surfaces in the Mill Creek neighborhood? What material are they made of?__________________
What are the largest permeable (red) surfaces in the neighborhood? What material are they made of?___________________________________
Print out a map of the Sulzberger Middle School. Take a walk through the school ground.
1. Color the impermeable surfaces blue and the permeable surfaces red.
2. Put an x on the lowest points in the school ground. Put an O on the highest point of the school ground.
3. Write an S where there is a storm sewer and a D where there is a drain pipe.
4. Use black lines to imagine how water flows across the school ground when it rains
Think!
1. Water is absorbed by __________ surfaces
2. Water flows over ________________ surfaces
3. water moves from ________ points to low points.
4. Water is removed from buildings with _______.
5. Water is removed from the street through _____________________.
