Enviroscape models show how rain events create pollutant laden runoff into streams and lakes. Correlated to land uses, non-toxic household products are sprinkled on the model until the audience “makes it rain”. Two models are available, the standard model shows a typical watershed while the restoration model includes stormwater management, or green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), features.

The EmRiver EM2 stream model offers a continuous flow of water through a specially designed media to demonstrate how particle sizes influence erosion, accretion, and channel migration in a streambed.

Vegetation matters! Demonstrate how diverse, native plants encourage water to soak through soil while impermeable (pavement) and less permeable (turfgrass) produces runoff instead of groundwater recharge.

Use these digital scopes to see the detail of the life around you. A leaf, moss, fungi, or macroinvertebrates come to life. Six scopes are available.

Working with the simulated land uses depicted on the model, non-toxic household products are sprinkled on the model until the audience “makes it rain”. Two models are available, the standard model shows a typical watershed while the restoration model includes stormwater management, or green stormwater infrastructure (GSI), features.

Vegetation matters! A presenter discusses why native plants are crucial to ecosystem health. From pollinators to migratory birds, to water quality, native plants are key.

Paired with a short infiltration demonstration the audience can see how native plants encourage water to soak through soil while impermeable (pavement) and less permeable (turfgrass) produces runoff instead of groundwater recharge.