Soil+and+Flooding+-+Caitlin,+Peter,+Kelli

Essential Question: How do humans affect the soil properties of a region, specifically relating to flooding?

Unit Web [|Soils_Map.jpg]

Day 1 – An Introduction to Levee Failure [|Intro To Levee and Levee Failure.ppt]
 * Mini Lesson PowerPoint with Flooding Articles / Personal Accounts
 * Laminated images

Day 2 and Day 3 - Soil Composition/Sorting + Definitions Lessons [|Soil Formation.doc]
 * Guided Note sheet

Day 4 - Permeability/Porosity Demo [|Porosity and Permeability.doc]
 * Lesson Plan for Mini Lab (teacher will perform lab, students will participate by making observations and filling out lab handout)

Day 5 - Runoff/Infiltration/Saturation 5-E Lesson [|Infiltration and Runoff.doc]
 * Lesson Plan
 * Handout

Day 6 - WebQuest for Flooding/Levee Failure (Mississippi) [|Webquest.doc]
 * Webquest sheet

Day 7 - Human Impact and Flood Prevention Lab [|FLOOD PREVENTION AND HUMAN IMPACT LAB.doc]
 * Lab Handout

Day 8/9 – Culminating assessment: Flood Project - Building a Levee [|Final Project.doc]
 * Student Handout

Day 10 - Flood Presentations [|Final Presentation.doc]
 * Rubric included

Appendix: [|TeacherStudentReflection.doc]
 * Student Evaluation Sheet
 * Teacher Evaluation Sheet


 * Lab Materials**

Images of Flooding/Surface Modifications

4 Jars of Soil

-Clay

-Sand

-Silt

-Central Park Soil

Little Containers for individual group activities

Stopwatch

Trays