1. DO NOW Date: 04/17 Reminders: DO NOW:
April
11, 2014
7th Grade Science
Date:
04/17
Reminders:
DO NOW:
How is it possible to have such a difference in color in these two beaches?

2. How do natural forces affect the Earth’s surface?
April
11, 2014
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do natural forces affect the Earth’s surface?
OBJECTIVES:
-Finish Presentations from last class
-Present to class

3. Presentations
Look through rubric to ensure that your group has met all criteria
Save to proper folder on the shared drive
Fill in landform presentation sheet as you watch presentations

4. DO NOW How much water do you think you use in a day?
Date:
4/18
Reminders:
-All missing grades due by Thursday!
How much water do you think you use in a day?
Where does the water you use come from?

5. SLO Do not write on the test, only the answer document
When you are finished, you may read or finish any other classwork silently

6. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
What land features make up a watershed?
OBJECTIVES:
-Discover why fresh water is so important
-Discuss watersheds

7. Apples and Oceans
Partner A/C- Paper Plate Graph Partner B/D – Apple Cutting Voice Level 1 Do not eat unless told to do so.

8. Slice 1: 1/4 of the Planet is LAND

9. Draw on a Circle Graph

10. LAND

11. Slice 2: 1/8 of the Planet is Uninhabitable Land

12. Draw on Circle Graph

13. LAND

14. Slice1/8 of the Planet is Habitable Land

15. Draw on Circle Graph

16. LAND

17. 1/32 of the Planet is Farmable Land

18. Draw on Circle Graph

19. LAND

20. 3/10,000 of the Planet is Land with Drinkable Water

21. Draw on Circle Graph

22. LAND You have now seen how little fresh water there is on our planet.
We are going to focus on the ocean again.
Set aside the “land pieces” of the apple but save the “drinkable water.”

23. Watersheds
The entire areas of land including mountain tops, hillsides, and valleys that drain into the river is called a watershed.

24. Watersheds
Watersheds Edward's Aquifer

25. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do humans impact water in a watershed?
OBJECTIVES:
-Explore human impact of watersheds.

26. Water Pollution
Water Pollution

27. DO NOW
Date:
4/19
4/20
Reminders:
-Grades due no later than Thursday
-Take small sheet home and answer questions
Why is it important not to use too much nitrogen-rich fertilizer on your lawn?

28. Watershed Lab
Objective: Test a nearby creek for the amount of nitrogen or oxygen in the water.
Materials:
Student Sheet
Pencil
Notebook
Outside expectations:
Stay with the group
Stay out of the street (watch for cars)
Level 2 voice maximum
Keep track of materials
Stay on task

29. On the walk…

30. Notebook Setup Tape your water test lab sheet into page____
On page ____ create the following T-Chart:
Point-Source Pollution
Definition:
Example:
NON-Point-Source Pollution
Definition:
Example:

31. Point source pollution: Water pollution that starts from a single source. Examples? Non-Point source pollution: Water pollution that can not be tracked to one single point.

32. Point Source Pollution

33. How would you describe a watershed?
DO NOW
Date:
4/21
Reminders:
-Missing grades due by Thursday
(NO EXCEPTIONS!)
How would you describe a watershed?

34. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
What land features make up a watershed?
OBJECTIVES:
-Explore the features of a watershed
-Identify sources of pollution in a watershed

35. Exit Ticket
In your notebook on page __________, answer the following question:
Describe examples of how human activities impact the quality of their water.
Use the following vocabulary in your writing:
Watershed point source pollution
Non-point source pollution

36. Streams and Rivers
Bill Nye

37. Erosion and Deposition

38. Erosion

39. Deposition of Sediments Filling Up a Lake

40. Watershed Activist Poster
Research an issue from the homework with your partners.
Discuss the cause, the problem itself, and any solutions
With your group, create a poster you might take to a protest to bring awareness to the issue.
Use color, images, and words that call for action.

41. Websites A) B) C) D)

42. Interview
Find a person to interview, and ask them the following questions:
What issue did you learn about?
What is causing the issue?
What will happen if it continues?
What are some ways to solve the problem?

43. How can weathering, erosion, and deposition effect watersheds?
DO NOW
Date:
4/18
Q: How do humans impact water in a watershed?
How can weathering, erosion, and deposition effect watersheds?

44. ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How do humans impact water in a watershed?
OBJECTIVES:
-Read about weathering, erosion, and deposition in Austin watersheds
-Discuss issues impacting Austin watersheds