Our Visit to Cog Moors Environmental Education Centre

On Thursday 27th June we visited Cog Moors Environmental Education centre at Dinas Powys. The trip was part of our ‘Environment’ topic and we certainly learned a lot!

We found out that on average, one person uses 150 litres of water per day. That is a lot of water!!

We were set different exciting challenges throughout the day. You can see some of these in the photographs we took.

Mari, the instructor, used lots of environmental vocabulary. Some of the words we talked about were biodegradable, non-biodegradable, drought and water efficiency. We also used the saying ‘Reuse, Reduce, Recycle’.

We carried out our own investigation to find out approximately how much water is wasted each year from a dripping tap. During the experiment Alfie displayed excellent mathematical skills using the calculator, to total all the results. We found out that one tap left dripping for a year, was the equivalent to 131 baths full of water!

We all agreed it was a very enjoyable and educational day. However, we don’t miss the ‘smell’ (when we toured the treatment works) at all!!