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Hydrology Lesson Plans
From Is This Water Clean Enough To Drink? to Finding Out About The Forest, find teacher approved hydrology lesson plans that inspire student learning.
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Students examine the steps of the hydrological cycle; identify surface water and groundwater; determine how surface water is cleaned before being used for drinking, bathing, cooking, and other direct purposes; and model a process used to clean water.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
Students examine the hydrologic impacts of drought. Humans can change the course of the water cycle, to some extent, to meet their needs, but can they do so without imposing risks on the plants and animals?
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- Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
Students explore the hydrologic cycle and water's journey to our glass. They prepare a diagram to illustrate the path of his or her drinking water from the place of precipitation to the tap and explain the components of Earth's hydrosphere
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- 6th Grade
Students identify wetlands and define characteristics of wetlands by examining common objects that are related to wetlands. They participate in a variety of activities including a wetland sampling activity, designing a food chain for a wetland, and visiting a wetland for a field trip. They collect animals at the wetland to be examined for type of wetland and food needed.
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- 1st - 2nd Grade
Students examine how clouds are formed and why it rains. They create their own illustrations of the water cycle, using cotton balls to represent clouds.
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- 5th - 7th Grade
Students examine and discuss the water cycle. They discover Alabama's rivers and draw the water cycle.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students create a clay model of a watershed. Students identify geographic features on the model. Students create a watershed map representative of the clay model. Students discuss the differences between each representation of the watershed, and potential human threats to the watershed.
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- 3rd - 5th Grade
Students discuss flooding and its causes. They view a Powerpoint presentation about floods and prevention methods. After creating a model with clay and pans, they investigate river behavior in various terrains with different amounts of water. They simulate real world conditions by modifying the riverbed with levees.
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- Higher Ed Grade
Students role-play expert witnesses in a mock trial dealing with contamination of groundwater. They prepare for the role-play by studying the movement of groundwater and the transport of contaminants through computations, map exercises and field trips.
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- 6th - 8th Grade
Students investigate a local forest ecosystem and discover the biotic and abiotic parts of the forest. Students observe the groundcover, understory, and canopy layers as well as collect leaves and bark in order to identify trees in the forest as part of the "Finding Out About Forests" project.
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