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This lesson engages 5th grade students in identifying areas of erosion and non-point source pollution entering waterways on school property, making a claim on the most suitable site to locate a rain garden by conducting field tests on slope and soil type, and testing
for the presence of phosphates in waterways on school forest property. Students then compete in a rain garden design challenge using their data to create a poster presentation, including a map and claim evidence reasoning, for the best rain garden design plan, scored using a rubric.
- Subject:
- Earth and Space Science
- Education
- Elementary Education
- English Language Arts
- Environmental Literacy and Sustainability
- Environmental Science
- Geology
- Hydrology
- Life Science
- Mathematics
- Measurement and Data
- Physical Science
- Reading Informational Text
- Speaking and Listening
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab
- Formative Assessment
- Interim/Summative Assessment
- Lesson Plan
- Rubric/Scoring Guide
- Unit of Study
- Date Added:
- 02/22/2019
