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Drip Irrigation
- Grades 6-8
- Grades 9-12
Engineer a drip irrigation system and sprout a love of botany and physics! Construct the water tower and trellis, set up the planter pots, then grow your own bean, wheatgrass, and watermelon plants. Explore the science of irrigation and the different ways that farmers put water to work (from flood irrigation to spray irrigation to computer-controlled farming!). So water you waiting for? Get growing!
From the desk of the product designer:
Behind the design
“Getting a small amount of water to drip consistently is surprisingly hard! The "aha!" moment was leaving the pushpins in the tubing. That made it easy to adjust the size of the drip hole.”
- KiwiCo Product Designer
By the numbers
8
Drip valves tested
10
Meters of tubing used
Many!
Accidental water spills