EXPLORER
Skill Level: One
Activity:
Model a Watershed & Runoff Races
Objective: Make a model watershed: the area of land that feeds water into a stream, river, lake or bay.
Science Skills: Build/Construct, Hypothesize, Analyze, Observe
Life Skills: Critical Thinking, Communication
ENGAGER
Skill Level: Two
Activity:
Modeling Turbidity
Objective: Create turbidity in a jar and observe the behavior of soil particles in water.
Science Skills: Observation, Compare/Contrast, Infer
Life Skills: Critical Thinking
CITIZEN-SCIENTIST
Skill Level: Three
Activity:
What’s In Your Watershed?
Objective: Research environmental hazards associated with common home, yard and garden products and research ways to reduce these hazards.
Science Skills: Research a Problem, Evaluate, Invent Solutions, Problem Solve.
Life Skills: Keeping Records, Problem Solving, Responsible Citizenship