Where does the Water Go?

💡Big Idea:

How can we track where the water goes?

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How can we use tools and experimental design to investigate properties?

Water distribution and movement in soils

Presentation by Dr. Mark Engle

✏️Note: Today, we'll do a portion of the Elementary School version of this lesson plan. Lesson plans, handouts, and slideshows for all three grade-level groups are at the bottom of this webpage.

Activity Slideshow for Where does the Water Go

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📝Where does the Water Go?- Elementary School

TEKS 2017 Connections:

- 4.7(A) examine properties of soils, including color and texture, capacity to retain water, and ability to support the growth of plants

- 5.5(A) classify matter based on measurable, testable, and observable physical properties, including mass, magnetism, physical state (solid, liquid, and gas), relative density (sinking and floating using water as a reference point), solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy or electric energy

⭐TEKS 2021 Connections:

3.10(B) investigate and explain how soils such as sand and clay are formed by weathering of rock and by decomposition of plant and animal remains

5.6(A) compare and contrast matter based on measurable, testable, or observable physical properties, including mass, magnetism, relative density (sinking and floating using water as a reference point), physical state (solid, liquid, gas), volume, solubility in water, and the ability to conduct or insulate thermal energy and electric energy

NGSS Connections:

DCI PS1.A: Measurements of a variety of properties can be used to identify materials.