Time
Required: Two 45-minute sessions
Objectives
Students will
- assess
the impact of a variety of land use scenarios on the health of an
imaginary river by
- applying knowledge of runoff, erosion, and watersheds
- interpreting a written description of land use
- predicting the consequences of the land use
- inferring cause and effect relationships.
- recommend
changes that reduce the impact that each land use scenario has on
the river.
- assess
the impact of land use in their schoolyard.
Related
Standards of Learning
| Science |
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3.1.a;
3.1.j; 3.6. a; 3.6.b; 3.6.c; 3.9.b; 3.9.c; 3.10.d;
4.5.c; 4.5.f;
4.8.a;
5.7.e; 5.7.f;
6.7.b; 6.7.c |
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| English |
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3.1;
3.2; 3.3; 3.4; 3.7; 3.9; 3.10; 3.11;
4.1; 4.2; 4.3; 4.6; 4.7.a;
4.7.b; 4.7.c; 4.7.d; 4.7.e; 4.8;
5.1; 5.4; 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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VS.1.b;
VS.1.d; VS.1.h; VS.1.i;
USI.1.e; USI.1.f;
USII.1.f; USII.2.b |
Materials
- piece
of drawing paper with edge cut to resemble the edge of
a riverbank
- long
piece of blue bulletin board paper to represent a river
- self-stick
notes
- large
piece of paper cut into the shape of a raindrop
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