Land & Water Science Kit Lessons 8-16

1. Kim Penley; K-5 Science Instructional Specialist, CCS Land & Water Science KitLessons 8-16

2. Students will be able to create an aerial drawing of their stream tables. • Groups will share their drawings with the class and discuss similarities and differences among the drawings. • Follow directions in Students Investigate book on pp. ___ Lesson 8: Looking at the Parts of a Stream

3. New Vocabulary: • Rill • Guilly • Channel • Stream • Tributary • River • Head Lesson 8: Looking at the Parts of a Stream • Mouth • Drainage basin • Delta • Floodplain • Valley • Canyon

4. Focus Question: What happens when several streams join to form a larger stream? How does this affect the land? Prediction: Materials • Stream Table supplies • 3 holed cup • 2 liter bottle of water • Blue food coloring Plan: Student Activity Book pp. ___ Lesson 9 Modeling Tributaries

5. Observations: Draw a picture of your model. Label the part and write a description of what you saw take place during the investigation. Lesson 9 (Cont)

6. Lesson 9 (Cont) New Vocabulary:

7. Conclusion: • Restate your Focus Question • Restate you prediction and state if you were correct or incorrect in your thinking. (continue your conclusions by using 1 or more of the following sentence starters) • I noticed that……. • I learned…….. • I was surprised by…… Next Question/I wonder…….. Lesson 9 (cont)

8. Focus Question: What happens to a river when there is faster moving water? Prediction: Materials Student Activity Book pp. __ Plan: Student Activity Book pp. ___ Lesson 10 Modeling Tributaries

9. Observations: Record data and observations on Record Sheet 4-A. Lesson 10 (Cont)

10. Lesson 10 (Cont) New Vocabulary:

11. Conclusion: • Restate your Focus Question • Restate you prediction and state if you were correct or incorrect in your thinking. (continue your conclusions by using 1 or more of the following sentence starters) • I noticed that……. • I learned…….. • I was surprised by…… Next Question/I wonder…….. Lesson 10 (cont)

12. Focus Question: What path do you think the water will take in your stream table with rocks and hills? Prediction: Materials Students Activity Book pp.__ Plan: Student Activity Book pp. ___ Lesson 11: Hills and Rocks

13. Observations: Draw a picture of your model. Label the part and write a description of what you saw take place during the investigation. Lesson 11 (Cont)

14. Lesson 11 (Cont) New Vocabulary:

15. Conclusion: • Restate your Focus Question • Restate you prediction and state if you were correct or incorrect in your thinking. (continue your conclusions by using 1 or more of the following sentence starters) • I noticed that……. • I learned…….. • I was surprised by…… Next Question/I wonder…….. Lesson 11 (cont)

16. Focus Question: How do humans change the direction and flow of water? Prediction: Materials Students Activity Book pp.__ Plan: Student Activity Book pp. ___ Lesson 12: Humans control water flow

17. Observations: Draw a picture of your model. Label the part and write a description of what you saw take place during the investigation. Lesson 12 (Cont)

18. Lesson 12 (Cont) New Vocabulary:

19. Conclusion: • Restate your Focus Question • Restate you prediction and state if you were correct or incorrect in your thinking. (continue your conclusions by using 1 or more of the following sentence starters) • I noticed that……. • I learned…….. • I was surprised by…… Next Question/I wonder…….. Lesson 12 (cont)

20. Focus Question: What are the affects of a slope on a stream table? Prediction: Materials Students Activity Book pp.__ Plan: Student Activity Book pp. ___ Lesson 13: Exploring Slope

21. Observations: Draw a picture of your model. Label the part and write a description of what you saw take place during the investigation. Lesson 13 (Cont)

22. Lesson 13 (Cont) New Vocabulary:

23. Conclusion: • Restate your Focus Question • Restate you prediction and state if you were correct or incorrect in your thinking. (continue your conclusions by using 1 or more of the following sentence starters) • I noticed that……. • I learned…….. • I was surprised by…… Next Question/I wonder…….. Lesson 13 (cont)

24. Focus Question: Does vegetation help control the land from eroding? Prediction: Materials Students Activity Book pp.__ Plan: Student Activity Book pp. ___ Lesson 14: Protecting sloped Land from erosion

25. Observations: Draw a picture of your model. Label the part and write a description of what you saw take place during the investigation. Lesson 14 (Cont)

26. Lesson 14 (Cont) New Vocabulary:

27. Conclusion: • Restate your Focus Question • Restate you prediction and state if you were correct or incorrect in your thinking. (continue your conclusions by using 1 or more of the following sentence starters) • I noticed that……. • I learned…….. • I was surprised by…… Next Question/I wonder…….. Lesson 14 (cont)

28. As a group, students will plan and draw a stream table with a homesite that is protected from the elements of rainfall and water runoff. Focus Question: How will the water flow effect our homesite? Prediction: Materials Students Activity Book pp.__ Plan: Write you plan for testing your stream table Lesson 15 & 16: Designing and building a landscape

29. Observations: Draw a picture of your model. Label the part and write a description of what you saw take place during the investigation. Lesson 15 & 16 (Cont)

30. Lesson 15 & 16 (Cont) New Vocabulary:

31. Conclusion: • Restate your Focus Question • Restate you prediction and state if you were correct or incorrect in your thinking. (continue your conclusions by using 1 or more of the following sentence starters) • I noticed that……. • I learned…….. • I was surprised by…… Next Question/I wonder…….. Lesson 15 & 16 (cont)