lesson plans

Watershed Lesson Plan

Objective:
Students will be introduced to the concept of a watershed.

Materials:
brown paper bag
spray bottle
newspaper
paper towels (for clean up)
food coloring (to represent pollution

Procedure:
- Define and discuss watershed, tributaries, rivers, upstream, downstream, pollution.
- Have students scrunch up paper bag.
- Students will form paper bag into the shape of a mountain.
- Have students predict what will happen when it "rains" on the watershed.
- Students will take turns spraying "rain" on the watershed.

Discussion points:
- What happens to a watershed when people pollute?
- Where does the all of the water drain into?
- What are some types of pollutants? (i.e. fertilizers, pesticides, oils, grease, chemicals, litter)