Grade Five: Earth and Space Science

Dust Bowl DisasterNote: This lesson is part of this unit’s [Anchor Layer](https://mysteryscience.com/anchor). If you have the Anchor Layer turned on, we recommend teaching all lessons in the remainder of this unit in order. The anchor phenomenon for this unit is the Dust Bowl. Students generate observations and questions about the phenomenon and create an initial model to explain how Earth's four spheres interacted to cause the Dust Bowl.

Can we make it rain?In this lesson, students develop a model to explain how water cycles from the Earth’s surface to the atmosphere and back again.

How can you save a town from a hurricane?In this lesson, students examine the causes of flooding using the real-world example of Hurricane Katrina.

How can we protect Earth's environments?In this lesson, students discover what happens in unbalanced ecosystems and how that can lead to an overabundance of algae and harmful algal blooms.

Boston didn’t have enough water and there was land in Western Massachusetts that was perfect for a reservoir — but 2,500 people lived there, in the former towns of Dana, Enfield, Greenwich and Prescott. In 1938, they had to give up everything so the state could take the land. This is the story of the Quabbin Reservoir and the people still affected by its construction.

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