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Crumpled Paper Watershed Exercise

Courtesy of Alice Ferguson Foundation, Hard Bargain Farm Environmental Center

The entire lesson, including student worksheets, is accessible as a pdf

Overview: #

Students will use a model to create a watershed. By observing how surface water flow is determined by the shape of the land, students will visually and dramatically observe the physical characteristics of a watershed, and investigate the impacts of human land use decisions.

Key Concepts/Terms: #

Watershed, runoff, landforms, pollution, land use, water cycle

Prerequisites: #

Understanding Of The Water Cycle. For help with this see Raindrop Roadtrip, or Ways of a Watershed on the HBF Website: www.fergusonfoundation.org

Setting: #

Indoors (on a desk or table), Individual students or working in pairs

Time Required: #

15-30 Minutes

Learning Objectives: #

After completion, students will be able to

  • Define the term watershed
  • Use a model to show an understanding of the term “watershed”
  • Describe how pollution can get into our waterways through runoff

Materials Required: #

  • Student sheets via the Lesson Plan pdf
  • Spray bottle
  • Water
  • Water-based markers

To see the rest of this Lesson Plan, access the Crumpled Paper Watershed pdf

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