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Identifying Watersheds with Topographic Maps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers model a watershed and delineate one using topographic maps. In this hydrology lesson, students use aluminum foil to model a landscape and observe how water moves on it. They also observe the features of a topographic map...
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Watershed Investigations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the components of a watershed and the factors that affect it. They read a topographical map and use geometry to determine the area of a watershed. Students estimate the volume of a body of water and perform runoff...