Journey of a Raindrop
Journey of a Raindrop Lesson Plan Time Required Four sessions (30, 45, 25, and 45 minutes)
Print version of "Journey of a Raindrop to the Chesapeake Bay" PDF • Word
Objectives
Students will
- use political and topographic maps,
- visualize flow from smaller tributaries to larger tributaries and discuss the journey of water from the schoolyard to the Chesapeake Bay,
- observe schoolyard surfaces and direction of water flow and infer the polluting or non-polluting effects of those surfaces on rain runoff,
- locate the schoolyard's place in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
Related Standards of Learning
Science
3.1.e; 3.9.c; 3.9.d; 3.10.b;
4.1.e; 4.8.a;
5.1.b; 5.1.c; 5.1.e; 5.7.f;
6.1.c; 6.1.d; 6.5.g; 6.7.a; 6.9.a
Mathematics
3.14.a;
4.11.a;
5.11.a;
6.9.a
English
3.1; 3.2; 3.4; 3.6.a; 3.6.b; 3.6.c; 3.6.d; 3.6.e; 3.6.f; 3.7;
4.1; 4.3; 4.5; 4.6;
5.1; 5.4; 5.6; 5.7;
6.1.a; 6.3; 6.5.a; 6.5.b; 6.5.c; 6.5.d; 6.5.e
History & Social Science
3.6;
VS.1.b; VS.1.d; VS.1.h; VS.1.i;
USI.1.e; USI.1.f;
USII.1.f
Materials
- Raindrop to the Bay (PPT)
- On the Way to the Chesapeake Bay: The Journey of a Raindrop (PDF)
- Computer with large monitor or projection device
- Large map of Virginia
- Dictionary
- Internet access
For each student
On the Way to the Chesapeake Bay: The Journey of a Raindrop (PDF)
Assembly Instructions
- Print document on back-to-back pages. (If your printer will not print back-to-back, you can tape page 2 to the back of page 1, page 4 to the back of page 3, etc.)
- Fold the pages down the middle and staple together along the fold.
For each group
- small map of Virginia (from textbook or other source)
- enlarged topographic maps from Virginia Atlas and Gazetteer (see Resources), including Brackett Farm in Louisa County (bottom right corner of p. 68) and your local area with first major tributary
- tennis ball
- highlighter
- paper and pencil
- clipboard (optional)
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