Watersheds
How can mapping watersheds help us understand how they work and how we affect them?
This lesson dives into how water moves through watersheds using the example of the Lake Superior Watershed. It also explores the environmental impacts humans have on the health of their watersheds.
After watching the video or reading the description to see the water cycle in action, participants will make their own observations of the watershed they live in and then map their observations.
This Adventures in Learning lesson involves:
— Following an Online StoryMap lesson
— Visiting part of the Lake Superior watershed
— Understanding and using a topographic map to answer questions about the watersheds at Wolf Ridge
— Adding drawings and creative writings about your local watershed to your nature journal
— Creating your own map of a watershed near you
— Visiting part of the Lake Superior watershed
— Understanding and using a topographic map to answer questions about the watersheds at Wolf Ridge
— Adding drawings and creative writings about your local watershed to your nature journal
— Creating your own map of a watershed near you
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