Building a Dam

Today our science lab for Mason was building a dam. We used a bottle, cut out the side, placed modeling clay on the sides to be our river banks and added toothpicks for trees. The first time we filled it up, the water was able to freely run out the neck of the bottle. After draining it, we put the cap on the bottle to represent a dam and refilled the bottle with water to watch what would happen. We also have been studying energy with Kenzie's science and talked yesterday about using water as a renewable resource. I made the connection for the kids that we get to see a real life example of both of these every time we go over the dam at Pickwick!