whats the goal? WHat are you even experimenting?
The overall goal of our experiment is to better understand how dams effect river systems. We know that we cannot build a full scale dam so instead we decided to use a cut up plastic milk jug as our human made dam and a dam made of twigs to replicate a beaver dam. Both have effects on a river and to discover those effects we are also ran a control experiment with just a simple river. What factors are we going to observe? Here are a few...
We are also expecting our river to overflow to one side. In understanding the time it takes for it to overflow the information can be used to put ourselves in real dam builders shoes to see what kind of system of drains or piping they would create.
- How long the water takes to drain out
- Changes in physical appearance of the river
- Any build up of water on either side of the dam
- How long does it take to overflow?
- Sediment build up
- Types of erosion because of the dam
We are also expecting our river to overflow to one side. In understanding the time it takes for it to overflow the information can be used to put ourselves in real dam builders shoes to see what kind of system of drains or piping they would create.