We have lived in a lot of places over the years, and every one of our properties has had water close at hand, usually a brook. One of our summer pleasures was building things in streams, and it doesn’t stop just because you grow up. Here is part of my family enjoying the Gale River a year or so ago.
(Raging Rapids Raft Race contest at the Brown family reunion)
So this week’s STEAM challenge is to experiment with dams. Since water safety is very serious, please communicate with your parents about your activity ideas, as always. We would love if you would share your photos and comments about your exploration with all of us on this blog.
***If you have a stream handy, like the Gale River above, try building your own swimming hole.
***Just have a hose? Check out these starting places. You can use all sorts of supplies you might have in your backyard, such as buckets, flower boxes, sticks, rocks, screen pieces, or a sandbox.
—Peep and the Big Wide World: Build a Dam (I know Peep is for younger kids, but I still love that show and they have great ideas. Plus you might be entertaining a younger brother or sister with this engineering, right?)
***Want to know more about the engineering behind building dams? Check these out!
—Building Big . . . Dams (from PBS)
—Dam Facts (Notice the different types of dams)
