6-6 Reducing Urban Runoff:

This is lesson six in the unit "Urban Geoscience". At this point students will have a good understanding of issues with urban runoff and locations around campus where urban runoff is a problem. This lesson will teach the students different strategies to increase infiltration and reduce runoff while allowing them to practice the information they learned through a project where they propose a solution to a runoff problem on campus.

This purchase includes:

• Google Slides lecture on ways to reduce urban runoff
• Scaffolded/guided notes to go with the lecture
• The instructions to a project in which the students will create an architectural drawing and plan to reduce runoff on campus.

Other Resources in this Unit. 

• 6-1 Groundwater
• 6-2 Liquefaction
• 6-3 Urban Heat Islands
• 6-4 Reducing Urban heat
• 6-5 Urban Water Cycle
• 6-7 Study Guide