Now that we know that nearly one-million gallons of water are removed from Lake Michigan every minute to be our source of drinking water, we realized that it has to refill somehow...otherwise, the lake would disappear relatively quickly, right?
So with lots of ideas thrown out there (rain, other bodies of water, underground sources, pipes, etc.) Mrs. Brinza turned each student a water particle and set them out on a journey! Using a die we had at home or an online dice, students moved from location to location and created a pathway for their journey!
So with lots of ideas thrown out there (rain, other bodies of water, underground sources, pipes, etc.) Mrs. Brinza turned each student a water particle and set them out on a journey! Using a die we had at home or an online dice, students moved from location to location and created a pathway for their journey!
While no two paths were the same, we settled on three big ideas for how the lake could refill: infiltration from groundwater supply, precipitation from the clouds, and runoff from bodies of water or other nearby surfaces!
This got us thinking with the new stuff we figured out, it was time to update our model!
This leaves us with one more question...
Where does that mystery pipe in the sewer lead to!?!?!
Where does that mystery pipe in the sewer lead to!?!?!