November 7
Dear Parents,
To help further our expedition about water cycle and watersheds I would like the students to complete an independent project. The students will need to build a model of the water cycle or a watershed and label it. We have always built one in class together so this project should be review but with a chance to have the students be creative and interpret the information for themselves. The more creative the better.
Learning Target:
* I can build and label the parts of the water cycle.
Vocabulary for labeling:
land formation groundwater storage collection river
evaporation runoff condensation
ocean precipitation freshwater storage
lake
or
Learning Target:
* I can build and label the parts of a watershed.
Vocabulary for labeling:
erosion snow pack land formation
Continental divide drainage basin river
tributaries mountains pollution
bioregion headwaters
This is an ‘at-home’ project to be done in place of homework for this time period.
The student’s model is due on November 28, 2011
Thank you advance for supporting our students with this important project that should greatly enhance their understanding of the water cycle or a watershed.