Wad-a-Watershed
Students examine the basic geography of a watershed, how water flows through the system, and how people can impact the quality of our water.
Background
Lesson Activities
Recommended Companion Resources
Credits
Author
Minnesota Agriculture in the Classroom
Acknowledgements
This lesson is adapted from Ilinois Agriculture in the Classroom's Wad-a-Watershed lesson.
Standards
National Content Area Standards
- Social Studies – Geography
- Geography Standard 16 (Grades 3-4): The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
- Objective 1: The characteristics of renewable, nonrenewable, and flow resources.
- Objective 2: The spatial distribution of types of resources.
- Objective 3: The sustainable use of resources in daily life.
- Geography Standard 16 (Grade 5): The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
- Objective 1: People can have different viewpoints regarding the meaning and use of resources.
- Objective 2: The formation and spatial distribution of types of resources.
- Objective 3: Humans can manage resources to sustain or prolong their use.
- Geography Standard 16 (Grades 3-4): The changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
- Science
- 5-ESS3: Earth and Human Activity
- 5-ESS3-1: Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth's resources and environment.
- 5-ESS3: Earth and Human Activity