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Adapting a Garden to Heavy Rain

Ingrid Zabel, Paleontological Research Institution

This activity focuses on adapting to climate change and building resilience to heavy rainfalls in the context of a garden. Students devise, create, and test ideas for protecting a garden from heavy rains.

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  • If a garden/open landscape isn't available or the activity needs to be done inside, the lesson could be done at a stream table, sandbox, or in smaller containers of soil. The lesson suggests that students could choose individual or group work. Some students may realize partway through that their plan works better if they collaborate. Plan for students to get messy and muddy during this lesson! This activity would be most effective if students already had some background about what climate change is and some of the impacts and solutions.