EVENT
VIRTUAL: Welcome to the Water System (ages 7-12)
April 19, 2021
3:30 pm
Join the Metropolitan Waterworks Museum’s education staff to learn about all of the different parts of the Water System! Make a model Watershed to learn about how polluted runoff can affect our drinking water, take a virtual tour of the museum’s Great Engine’s Hall to learn how water is moved across great distances, and finish off by making your own “map” of a Water System.
This is an virtual class that is hosted on the Zoom platform. After booking, you will receive a link to access the class via email. Simply click on the link when it’s time for your class.
For the model watershed activity, participants will need two white sheets of paper, a red, blue, green, and brown washable marker, a cup, bowl or spray bottle full of water, and a towel or tray to do the activity over to prevent a mess.
For the Water System Map, participants will need scissors, a glue stick (or glue bottle), tape, paper, crayons, and if available, a brass fastener or ‘brad’ (if unavailable, you will need scrap paper, tape, and a sharp pencil). You will also need print outs of the Water Cycle and Waterworks sheets that will be sent to you.
Current Exhibit
Moving Water: From Ancient Innovations to Modern Challenges
Ancient civilizations engineered water systems that sustained communities for thousands of years. This exhibition spotlights six places that innovated ways to deliver, and control water for human use. It also looks at how climate change is impacting all of those places, forcing public officials to consider new ways to keep the water flowing.