Creating The Nile River

The Mermaid has been studying Ancient Times in history, using The Story of the World. Right now we are on ancient Egypt. One of the activities we did was to create a "model" of the Nile River, right in our own kitchen.

We took an aluminium pan and filled it about half way with potting soil.Then we parted the soil down the middle of the pan and lined it with aluminum foil, making sure the foil was higher than the soil and ends of the pan. To create the Delta, we just made the top of the river more triangular shaped.We then planted wheat grass seeds along the edge of the river, and talked about how the farmers would plant their crops in preparation for the Nile's yearly flooding. Next, we poured water into the river until it "flooded" its banks and watered the seeds.

And a few days later, viola!! Our own Nile River, complete with growing "crops".

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Creating The Nile River