"Watershed Delineation" Lesson Plan

Keywords: watershed, topographic map
Prepared by: Eric Broughton, Liberty Junior Senior High School
Lesson Plan Grade Level: tenth through twelfth grade, ecology/natural resource management class
Total Time Required for Lesson: part of a 70-minute block (can be modified to fit different times)
Setting: classroom
Subjects Covered: ecology, biology, forestry
Topics: watersheds

Goals for the Lesson

• Students will learn about watersheds in PA.
• Students will learn how to delineate a watershed.
• Students will understand how water flows in a watershed.
  

Materials Needed

• topographic map of your area
• pencils
• overhead of map
• overhead projector

State Standards Addressed: E & E Standards: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources (4.2); Ecosystems and Their Interactions (4.6); Humans and the Environment (4.8)

Teaching Model: Lecture incorporating class discussion and questions

Methods

Lecture material while having students participate by answering and asking questions and allowing them to discuss what is being learned.

Evaluation

Maps the students have drawn their delineation on.

References

FRIT Class, Dr. Sanford Smith, The Pennsylvania State University.