Conduct
this session in the classroom.
- Prepare
to show
Raindrop
to the Bay (PowerPoint presentation) on a large
monitor or with a projection device. Introduce the presentation
by explaining that it follows a group of teachers as they travel
the path that water takes from Louisa County to the Chesapeake Bay.
After
watching this journey, students will map out the path that water
takes from the schoolyard to the Bay.
- Divide
students into map groups. Each group will need a Virginia map, a
map from the Virginia Atlas and Gazetteer that includes Brackett
Farm, and a highlighter. Show students the location of Louisa County
on the large classroom map of Virginia. Have students locate it on
their maps of Virginia.
- Direct
students to work together while watching the presentation to follow
on the Virginia maps the journey from the Pamunkey River to the York
River to the Bay.
- During
the presentation, take special note of the slide entitled “What
watershed are we a part of?” Students will use this EPA Web
site later in the lesson to locate their watershed. Tell students
to pay particular attention to the process of clicking Virginia within
the U.S. map, then a local region of Virginia on the next slide.
- At the
slide entitled “Brackett Farm’s Watershed Address,” use
a map showing Brackett Farm and the South Anna River to see how the
path of the water determines the watershed address. Help students
locate Brackett Farm (Nolting Pond is on the farm), and tell them
to indicate the farm’s location with a star. Then, direct students
to follow the water’s path with a highlighter on the Virginia
Atlas and Gazetteer map as the journey continues.
Next: Session 3
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