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This lesson includes many student handouts to enrich the learning experience.
Students will enjoy getting outside to see how water moves through different surfaces on the school grounds.
Prerequisites
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It may help students to see a picture of a downspout or storm drain before their exploration to help them better answer questions related to them.
The lesson refers to a How Watersheds Work resource sheet for students to use to understand watersheds. This resource appears to be missing, but teachers can pull some resources from Raindrop to Sea if students need them to supplement. This resource is intended for Oregon students, but much of the information is widely applicable.
The link for the optional activity in the What's Your Watershed handout is broken.
The Lower Grand River Watershed student activity map also appears to be missing.
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Differentiation & Implementation
Language arts classes can analyze and discuss the two analogies to watersheds used in the background information, the shower and puzzle piece similes, and write their own analogies that convey the meaning of the term watershed.
