Build a Model Watershed

Collaborative earth science groups create a working model of a watershed. Once it has been developed, you come along and introduce a change in land use, impacting the quality of water throughout their watershed. Model making is an outstanding tool to help develop understanding. It would be beneficial to display the "Student Activity Directions" via projector or a handout so that learners can refer to it as they work. 

Concepts

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model building, human impact on the environment, environmental stewardship, water quality, water, water runoff, watersheds

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Additional Tags

human impact on the environment, water quality, watershed, runoff, model building, pool, science

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Resource Details

Grade

4th - 8th

Subjects

Science

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Resource Type

Lesson Plans

Audience

For Teacher Use

Duration

1 hr

Instructional Strategies

Inquiry-Based Learning

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Usage Permissions

Creative Commons

BY-NC-SA: 3.0