Lesson 7

Researching & Evaluating Solutions

The details of this lesson can be found in the manual, starting on page 133.

Display Materials:

• Stormwater Solutions Research PPT: pptx file, PDF file
• Green Solutions to Stormwater Runoff video link
  • Stop video at 1:09 and notice with students the many different possible
    solutions pictured

Worksheets:

• Evaluating Solutions Worksheet – 1 per student
• Alternate: Solutions Research Note-taking

Additional Resources for Researching Stormwater Solutions

Multiple Topics covered in one resource:

• Website: RainWays Green Solutions
• PDF: Right Place, Right Project – King County and Seattle Public Utilities
• Print-out Educational Activities: Drain Rangers (Pierce County)
• Online Educational Activities: Drain Rangers (City of Bothell)

Bioretention

• Webpage: Bioretention
• Video: Building a Bioswale

Improving Soils

• Webpage: Mulch, Soil Amendments, and Plants

Pervious Surfaces

• Webpage: Permeable Pavement
• Video: Depaving Puget Sound

Planting Trees

• Webpage: Tree Canopy
• Interactive poster: Trees Tame Stormwater
• Video: Trees and Vegetation Help Keep Waterways Clean

Rain Gardens

• Webpage: Rain Gardens
• Video: Home Rain Gardens

Rainwater Harvesting

• Webpage: Stormwater Cistern
• PDF: Rain Barrel

Stormwater Planter

• PDF: Stormwater Planter

Greenroofs

• Webpage: Greenroof
• Video: NPR: Do Cities Need More Greenroofs?
• Video: Why Greenroofs are the Best