GrowingNZ Project

INTRODUCTION

At the beginning of term 3, we were tasked with a project that would help New Zealand. The topic we chose was regarding irrigation. My group involved Danne, Ray and me. We chose two enablers that could help us with our solution. Irrigation is used to assist the growth of crops, usually at times when there is insufficient rainfall to optimize production. Water is moved through pipes, canals, sprinkles and other man-made things. Poor water application caused by worn/wrong/damaged equipment, and poor position of the irrigators on the land can result in some areas being overwatered, and some being underwatered. Our challenge is to come up with a solution to make irrigation more efficient, to reduce water wastage and improve productivity.  

Digital Learning Objective

Reflection

I enjoyed our topic and liked the solution we came up with. I think that we chose a good project to work on and I think that the solution we came up with would help to make irrigation efficient. I think my group worked well together because of everyone completed what they had to do. I also learned about irrigation in New Zealand.

Sources

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amrCMakolKA
https://www.darynz.co.nz/environment/water-use/irrigation
http://www.irrigationnz.co.nz/knowledge-resources/

Questions

What do you think our solution should have been?

Was the prototype helpful?

What could of we done that was better?