Moving water through the snowy scheme

Discover how the rain that falls in the mountains combined with the snow melt is collected, filling up our dams that are used to store the water. The stored water is then used to generate electricity by running it through our Power Stations. It’s a complicated maze of reservoirs, dams, power stations and rivers that use the simple principle of water flowing downhill. Water that makes its way through the connecting networks (which we call ‘developments’) is then released into the Murray River, the Murrumbidgee River and the Snowy River for irrigation.

Key information

Learning area: science
Suitable for: year 7 classrooms
Topics: water, engineering
Duration: 4 x 45min lessons
Preparation: none
Materials: not required