Our Watershed

Autor/inn/en	Marcum-Dietrich, Nanette; Kerlin, Steve; Staudt, Carolyn; Daniels, Melinda
Titel	Our Watershed
Quelle	In: Science Teacher, 85 (2018) 2, S.39-46 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8555
Schlagwörter	Water; Environmental Education; Environmental Research; Sustainable Development; Conservation (Environment); Student Projects; Computer Simulation; Courseware; Computer Assisted Design; Campuses; Scientific Methodology; Scientific Concepts; Geographic Information Systems; Teaching Methods; High School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wasser; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Environmental study; Umweltforschung; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Schulprojekt; Computergrafik; Computersimulation; Lernsoftware; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin
Abstract	Science becomes engaging when students know that what they learn in the classroom relates to their own lives and communities. This article describes a project in which students use field exploration and online software to design virtual solutions to improve the hydrology of their school yard. The project is called Teaching Environmental Sustainability--Model My Watershed (TES-MMW). In the unit, students collect data to learn about land features that affect where water flows in their school yard. They also use a scientifically valid watershed model to learn more about their watershed and its current health. Using the Model My Watershed software application, students can virtually change land cover and implement conservation practices such as installing a rain garden, porous pavement, or a "green" roof, which involves installing a waterproof membrane over a traditional roof and covering it with a growing medium and vegetation. (A rain garden is a shallow depression near a runoff source that is planted with deep-rooted grasses and native plants.) Armed with data from their school yard investigation and model outputs, students virtually redesign their school yard to improve watershed health. In this way, students use evidence-based reasoning to become engaged citizens. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Science Teachers Association. 1840 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22201-3000. Tel: 800-722-6782; Fax: 703-243-3924; e-mail: membership@nsta.org; Web site: http://www.nsta.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01