Plant the seed and listen for a potential student-driven investigations of a local environmental issue that can lead to an action project at the end of Unit 4 .
Learning is aligned with the Environmental Literacy and Sustainability Standards of STEELS and are local, authentic, hands-on and inquiry-based.
5 Class periods
Water plays a vital role in our everyday lives, and the lives of all living things.
The natural water cycle is a continuous loop of changing states of matter powered by the sun.
What is a watershed
Gravity and topography are key to the interaction between the natural water cycle and the natural watershed.
Riparian buffers and wetlands act as natural land areas and protective boundaries between land and water that can capture, store, and filter pollutants and control erosion.
Provide natural habitats
Abundance and diversity contribute to ecological health over time