Preventing Erosion
Learning Targets
Learning Targets
- Students will devise an experiment to test a hypothesis.
- Students will attempt to prevent erosion from occurring.
Success Criteria
Success Criteria
- I have asked a question and developed a hypothesis that can be tested.
- I have completed an experiment and made a conclusion based on the results.
Roles
Roles
- Organizer, Materials Manager/Technician, Time Keeper, Checker, Reader
Can you Prevent Erosion?
Can you Prevent Erosion?
Objective
Objective
Using the Stream Table and available resources you will attempt to prevent erosion.
- Brainstorm - Discuss with your group things that you think might prevent erosion. Turn your best idea into a question that can be answered by conducting an experiment.
- example: To what extent would ___________ prevent erosion from happening?
- Make a hypothesis.
- I think _________ will prevent erosion because _________.
- Develop a materials list and set of procedures.
- Conduct your experiment.
- Collect data and make a conclusion that attempts to answer your original question.
Brainstorm
Brainstorm
- Meet with your team to develop a plan for preventing erosion.
- Consider the resources that are available to you.
- Create a written plan with diagrams that you will use to implement your plan.
- Your plan should...
- have a clearly stated objective.
- include all materials.
- include diagrams to identify all associated parts.
- include a step by step list of instructions for implementation.
- Your plan should...
Whole class...
Whole class...
- Meet with other teams to describe your plan.
- Listen to other plans and ask questions for clarification:
- Why did you choose...?
- How are you going to...?
- When are you...?
- Provide feedback.
Back to teams...
Back to teams...
- Consider what you have learned by viewing other plans.
- Modify your plan based on the questions and feedback you received from the other teams.