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Sample 5E Lesson:  Watershed Dynamics Introduction
Time: One half-day workshop of 3 ½ hours
Skill Sets: Math models, data collection, and analysis
Objectives: Students in grades 6-12 will understand what is a watershed and learn available technology and skills relevant to the Watershed project.
Engage: What is a watershed?  What is your watershed address?
Paper bag watershed activity
EPA’s Surf Your Watershed Site
Enviroscape Watershed Model (with script)
Explore:
Students will work in pairs at Cacapon Institute’s e-school’s interactive games to learn about watersheds, best management practices, and virtual stream.
Students will work in pairs to complete Project Wet’s Incredible Journey exercise
Pairs will complete Project Wet’s Color me a Watershed activity.
Explain:
Students will use Winchester Academy’s Watershed Dyanmics Google Classroom links to engage in tutorials, videos, and online learning modules for GLOBE, Fieldscope, IHMC, and ArcView Explorer.
The Earth Science students will show students in grades 6-8 how to use Vernier  and Pasco sensors to collect data.
Extend:
 Model with mathematics.
Calculate water volume.
Calculate stream flow.
Use precipitation data to determine annual values. Specifically, plot precipitation data for water volume entering and leaving a given watershed.
Volume Loss for Chesapeake Bay Exercise
       Procedures:
 Trace the map of the Chesapeake Bay onto 1 cm grid graph paper.
Calculate the approximate area of the Chesapeake Bay using this formula: Area = U (I + B/2)
               U = the area of one square (400 square miles)
               I = the number of full squares
               B = the number of border squares
          1 square mile = 27,878,400 square feet
         1 cubic foot = 7.48 gallons of water
         Volume of water lost in cubic feet multiplied by depth of water
Calculate volume in flow to the Chesapeake Bay.  Enter the data set into the graphing calculators, plot a scatter plot, and calculate the equation of the line.  Calculate the volume of water in cubic meters falling within a specific watershed area during a year and use the equation (math model) to calculate the volume of water falling into a watershed during a year the region received a total of 50, 100, 129, 150 cm of precipitation.
Evaluate:
The Color Me a Watershed exercises will be completed and evaluated for accuracy.
Students will submit their math equations and calculations for evaluation.
Each student will log the training exercises completed with artifacts demonstrating proficiency on spreadsheets logs submitted to Google Classroom.
Students will demonstrate proficiency using both Vernier and Pasco sensors on a variety of platforms, devices, and interfaces.
Resources:
http://www.mtu.edu/cls/education/development/lessons/pdfs/HillWatershed2004Unit.pdf
http://www.cacaponinstitute.org
http://aqua.org/learn/~/media/Files/Learn/Education%20Baltimore%20PDFs/Teacher%20Booklets/WatershedMoments_EdBooklet.pdf
http://www.nextgenscience.org/sites/ngss/files/MS-ESS_Watershed_Study-Nov%202014.pdf
http://www.usc.edu/org/cosee-west/Aug08/LessonPlans/ChesapeakeBayRelatedLessons.pdf
http://www.pasco.com/file_downloads/Equip-Lists/Earth_Science_through_Inquiry.pdf