FACTivity – Logjams and Beaver Dams
In this FACTivity, you will build a physical representation, or a model, of a beaver dam. Some of the questions you will answer in this FACTivity are:
- How can you successfully build a model of a beaver dam?
- What are the similarities and differences between a beaver dam and a logjam?
Materials (for each student or group of students):
- Large disposable aluminum pan
- Dirt - enough to cover the pan's bottom to 1"
- A bucket of extra dirt with water, mixed to a thick mud
- Scissors (for the educator or supervisor)
- Plastic gallon jug filled with water
- Water source
- Sticks of various sizes
- Other natural materials (i.e. gravel, small rocks, leaves, bark, grass, etc.)
- Graphic organizer (included)
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