EROSION BARRIERS

City planners,
because of the Design Brief
heavy rainfall Your job as city planners is to save the
town from the eroding soil. Design and
hitting your town
create an erosion barrier that will prevent
and the recent the incoming soil from entering the town.
clearing of land,
the mountain
above you has
Evaluation
been eroding
The effectiveness of your barrier will be tested.
rapidly!
Water will be poured down the mountain, your
erosion barriers should STOP the erosion flow.
The amount of overflow past your barrier, will be
measured using a measuring jug.
Criteria
it must fit inside the
erosion tray, which is
30cm's in width.
it must be able to hold Presentation
back three cups of
You will test your erosion Time
water, when water is
barrier in a large tray
poured down the You will have three
which models the
mountain. weeks to complete this
mountain and the town.
can be made of natural task.
Your barrier will be
or man-made materials 1 lesson-Planning and
placed between the
designing
mountain and the town.
2 lessons- Constructing

Present in the following

week
Curriculum Links
(ACSSU075)- Earths surface has changed
over time as a result of natural processed
and human activity
Resources
(ACTDEK010)- Ways products, services The builders will provide the following resources, but
and environments are designed to meet you are also allowed to bring them from home.
community needs, including consideration
of sustainability. Lego plasticine
wood wire
(WATPPS21)-Define a sequence of steps
construction pipe pebbles
to design a solution for a given task
natural resources hessian cloth
e.g plants