Time
Required: Two 45-minute sessions and one session requiring
2–3 weeks
Objectives
Students will
- conduct
research to learn the roles of riparian buffers
- build
a watershed model to illustrate the role of riparian buffers in protecting
waterways from polluted runoff
- form hypotheses, conduct an experiment, report findings, and draw
conclusions.
Related
Standards of Learning
| Science |
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3.1.a;
3.1.j; 3.10.e;
4.1.a; 4.1.b; 4.8.a; 4.8.d;
5.7.e;
6.7 |
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| English |
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3.1;
3.3; 3.4; 3.7; 3.8; 3.9; 3.10; 3.11;
4.1; 4.3; 4.6; 4.7.a; 4.7.b;
4.7.c; 4.7.d; 4.7.e; 4.8;
5.1; 5.7; 5.8; 5.9;
6.2; 6.3; 6.5; 6.6;
6.7 |
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| History & Social
Science |
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3.10;
VS.1.b; VS.1.d; VS.1.h;
USI.1.e;
USII.2.b; USII.8.b |
Materials
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| For
each group: |
- 2
aluminum roasting pans
- soil
- grass
seed
- food
coloring
- water
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