Courtesy of Alice Ferguson Foundation, Hard Bargain Farm Environmental Center
The entire lesson, including student worksheets, is accessible as a pdf
Overview: #
Students will use a model to create a watershed. By observing how surface water flow is determined by the shape of the land, students will visually and dramatically observe the physical characteristics of a watershed, and investigate the impacts of human land use decisions.
Key Concepts/Terms: #
Watershed, runoff, landforms, pollution, land use, water cycle
Prerequisites: #
Understanding Of The Water Cycle. For help with this see Raindrop Roadtrip, or Ways of a Watershed on the HBF Website: www.fergusonfoundation.org
Setting: #
Indoors (on a desk or table), Individual students or working in pairs
Time Required: #
15-30 Minutes
Learning Objectives: #
After completion, students will be able to
- Define the term watershed
- Use a model to show an understanding of the term “watershed”
- Describe how pollution can get into our waterways through runoff
Materials Required: #
- Student sheets via the Lesson Plan pdf
- Spray bottle
- Water
- Water-based markers
To see the rest of this Lesson Plan, access the Crumpled Paper Watershed pdf
