Week+4+-+Water


 * Schedule**

4:00-4:15 Go over last week's memo 4:15-4:35 Work with mentors one on one 4:35-4:55 Research lesson 4:55-5:40 Content lesson 5:40-5:50 Go over next week's memo 5:50-6:00 Check in with mentors, debrief the day, make sure next steps are clear.

NOTE: mentor time in the beginning was recently changed from 30 to 20 min. We can use an extra 10 at end (as listed above) or weave that time into the flow of the class.

This lesson is adapted from "Living with the Trinity" http://www.trinityrivertexas.org/education/interactives/
 * Water:**

Text pasted is adapted from "living with the trinity" lesson plan 1 and 2: http://www.trinityrivertexas.org/education/images/trinity_ed_cycle.pdf http://www.trinityrivertexas.org/education/images/trinity_ed_shed.pdf

and relies on multiple handouts and videos linked below.

- **basic vocabulary will be taught through a video and handout**
 * OVERVIEW**
 * - students will identify the parts of the water cycle (hydrologic cycle) by 'brainstorming' on the blackboard and using their notes/handouts from the video**
 * - we will do a quick 'hands on' activity to mimic pollution in a watershed from an EPA handout. basically it's a clear shoe box with sand and gravel forming a 'beach' with some water. colored dyes are put on the beach, water is sprayed on the beach and the pollution (colored dyes labeled with 'oil', fertilizer and mercury) slide into the water. I'll have the materials (box, sand, gravel, dyes, spray bottle) and we will put it together as a class. So far it's worked very easily, but I'll be playing around with it tomorrow afternoon as well if you'd like to see it.**

1. the natural water cycle. Students will learn the steps in the natural water cycle a) first we will hand out this sheet: http://www.trinityrivertexas.org/education/images/Natural_Water_Cycle_Set.pdf b) as we watch the video below, stopping periodically, the students will complete the sheet http://www.trinityrivertexas.org/trinity_fla/watershed/index.html c) volunteers will come to the black board and under each heading we will "brain storm" definitions based on the video:
 * precipitation**- rain, sleet, snow or hail that falls from the clouds when they become too heavy with moisture
 * evaporation** - when the sun heats up water and it becomes a vapor or steam
 * condensation** - when water vapor or steam gets cold and changes back to its liquid form, forming clouds.
 * transpiration** - the process by which plants lose water from their leaves.
 * infiltration**- when water/precipitation soaks into the ground groundwater

2. watersheds Students will learn the basic parts of a water shed a) first we will handout this sheet: b. as we watch part two of the video above, students will fill out the sheet.

c) instead of having the black board action, we will do the shoe box exercise described above.