Crumple a Watershed Expedition Northwest th Grade Earth Science OMSI Crumple a Watershed - PDF document

Crumple a Watershed 1 Grade Earth Science Description: Students gain an intuitive kwatersheds by creating their own watershed models. Learning Objectives: This activity givewatersheds by making simple watershed models. Geography Modeling 4 Geology Scale Watersheds Making Models Advance Preparation Set Up Activity Clean Up 15 minutes 15 minutes 60 minutes 15 minutes , such as black, y two students (can be shared). SCIENCE TOPICS PROCESS SKILLS GRADE LEVEL TIME REQUIRED SUPPLIES Crumple a Watershed 2 Grade Earth Science Fill clean spray bottles with tap water. Find a plastic relief map to use as an example, they are relatively inexpensive be used as an example. You may want will do a quick activity that will help them bring watersheds Watersheds are constantly in the news. They are arguably mental and political issue in the It is not the river or lake itself. By definition, every piece of land on Earth is in a watershed (i.e., all rain goes somewhere). ADVANCE SET UP INTRODUCING THE A C Let students speculate before offering answers to any questions. The answers at the right are provided p rimarily for the teacher’s benefit. Crumple a Watershed 4 Grade Earth Science You may want to model the activity by creating your own watershed model and G R TEACHER DEMONSTRATION Crumple a Watershed 5 Grade Earth Science their landscape from above and ap. Have them look at their landscape plain looking up at the mountains. There are many geographical or landform terms appropriate to students’ grade level. boundaries of watersheds. Also have them are entirely encircled by riobservation will also show that big watersheds are made up of smaller watersheds. This can be tricky for younger students if too narrow for the felt markers to fit ng down hill. At many points there will be lake. Lakes can be drawn in little bowls on hi CLASSROOM Crumple a Watershed 7 Grade Earth Science Extension A—The group watershed model for a more team-oriented approach to the activity. Extension B—Populating the paper watersheds Extension C—Mapping the paper watersheds d enter the watershed if one inch of rain fell in one Crumple a Watershed 9 Grade Earth Science _main.htm?mod culture’s Northwest Watershed Research http://water.usgs.gov/index.html The summit area that makes up the watershed boundary between drainage basins thatsurface, such as sea level. Something that allows for inves, prediction of future Natural Resources: Point used to cross a ridge that divides two watersheds. a divide between the heads opposite directions. Topography: Land area where precipitation ru GLOSSARY Crumple a Watershed—Student Procedure 2 Grade Earth Science Take the spray bottle and simulate rae paper watershed while it is flat on a counter. Let the paper watersheds dry. 5 Crumple a Watershed – Master A Expedition Northwest Grade Earth Science How can you tell where the geographicaWhat good are wetlands and swamps? Why or filter strip next to a stream in ildings, roads, and parking lots (impervious surfaces) through which water cannot be absorbed into the ground?