Earth Science · Earth and Human Activity
Protecting Earth’s Resources: Community Science Solutions
Obtain and combine prepared source information to explain and monitor community resource solutions.
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Protecting Earth’s Resources: Community Science Solutions
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Lesson overview
What students will learn
- Obtain relevant information from prepared reliable-source cards about a community environmental problem and solution.
- Combine information from more than one source to explain how a community action uses a science idea to protect a resource or environment.
Key science ideas
- Heavy rain carries sediment from bare streamside soil into Pine Creek.
- Source A says roots hold soil and cover slows runoff.
- Source B reports 42 mg/L suspended sediment at an unbuffered reach and 19 mg/L at a vegetated-buffer reach after similar storms.
Lesson at a glance
- Grade 5
- 50 min
- ~10 min prep
- 5-ESS3-1
- 3 materials
What’s included
- Lesson Plan
- Investigation
- Teacher Slides
- Printable Worksheet
- Teacher Answer Key
- Interactive Activity
- Vocabulary