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Science
Lisa Proulx
Good Watershed Neighbors
6

Objectives

The students will understand what it means to be a good watershed neighbor.

Standards Addressed

The students will see how/why it is important to work together.

Watershed protection handout, can of water, rubber band, string, obstacle course (made of tables to step around, boxes to climb over, line to go under, etc.)

Time Requirement

25 minutes

Procedure/outline

Read "Good Watershed Neighbors" as a class. Break up into groups of 7-8 students. Follow activity on pg. 12. Discuss as a class what happened as each group moved through the obstacle course. What worked? What didn't work? Discuss why one person couldn't manage a watershed on his/her own.

Modifications/Adaptions/ Extensions

Assessment

Student responses. Success of team through obstacle course.

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