Tasks:
Your task is to explore this site along with a few others to identify and
define a watershed and explain why it is important to our lives and what
you can do to keep it healthy.
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Task 1 |
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Complete
the concept map describing
a watershed. |
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Task 2 |
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Choose
two of the 7 seven rivers and compare how they are the same and how
they are different using a Venn
diagram. |
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Task
3
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Create
a Watershed Handbook. Be sure to include: |
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What are the natural features of watersheds?
- List the different watersheds in NE Ohio and tell which counties
they can be found.
- Describe 3 different ways that water quality can be effected.
- Write friendly letter to a friend describing what you can do to
become |
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involved
in your community in the preservation and maintenance of this
watershed. |
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Task 4 |
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Protecting
the environment is a full-time job for many people. From science lab
work to government policymaking, the possibilities are endless in
the environmental field. Find out what you might like to do! Describe
a career that interests you and explain why this might be something
you would like to do in the future. |
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Process:
Complete attached graphic organizers
Use the following web sites to create your watershed portfolio.
http://www.wviz.org/edsvcs/water/watershed.htm
http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/job/index.htm
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Evaluation:
Portfolio: Required Collections
Printable Evaluation (pdf)
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Ready
to share with our
“Community of Scientist” |
Not
quite ready to share.
Re-do before sharing. |
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Required
Information |
Watershed definition
Venn Diagram
Watershed Handbook
Career
Friendly letter
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Watershed
definition
Venn Diagram
Watershed Handbook
Career
Friendly letter |
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Quality
of Work |
For
the required Handbook. |
Still under construction,
minimal or flawed information.
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Effort |
Colorful,
includes artwork, put
together in a logical manner. |
All or most of the information
is there but little effort shown
in the creating the final project.
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Career
Information
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There
are sufficient facts.
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Minimal
information.
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Conclusion:
Now that you have completed your Watershed Portfolio, you have a better
idea about how you yourself and your family have a direct link to the
healthiness of the water we drink. The next time you are tempted to throw
something on the ground or help your parents wash the car think about
how those actions impact your drinking water.
Here
are a few other web sites that you may want to explore to learn more about
watersheds.
http://water.usgs.gov/wsc/links.html
http://www.biokids.umich.edu/links/teachers.html
http://www.bellmuseum.org/distancelearning/watershed/watershed2.html
http://www.k12science.org/curriculum/bucketproj/
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