Curated OER
Leaky Landfills
Students build a model landfill. In this ground pollution lesson, students use soda bottles to build a model of a landfill. Students observe their model over a period of two weeks and determine safety problems that come from real landfills.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's Down the Well?
This activity looks at physical models of groundwater and how environmental engineers determine possible sites for drinking water wells. During this activity, students will create their own groundwater well model using a coffee can and...