Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.D.1.3.4
Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.D.1.3.4
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- What is a wetland?
- What is a watershed?
- What is groundwater?
- Name two places where groundwater can be found.
- How is a watershed related to a water source, such as a large river?
- How do wetlands play a part within the water cycle?
- Some scientists believe that the water level in rivers and lakes will decrease because of global warming. If this occurs, how do you think the decreased amount of water in wetlands and watersheds will affect our larger water sources? How will this eventually affect your community? Write a paragraph to explain your thinking.
Answer Key/Rubric
- A wetland is land that is covered with water or has wet soil for all or part of the year.
- A watershed is an area of land that causes water to flow into different bodies of water.
- Water that has soaked into the ground and is stored there
- Rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, aquifers, oceans, etc.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Watershed is an area of land that causes water to flow into different bodies of water.
- A specific watershed drains its water to one body of water.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Wetlands are a large source of ground water.
- Ground water evaporates and then the water vapor condenses into clouds.
- When clouds become too heavy with water droplets, the water falls as precipitation.
- This precipitation may fall in a wetland and become ground water again.
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Water from watersheds drains into large bodies of water.
- If there is less water in the watershed, there will be less water to drain into large bodies of water.
- Less fresh water will have an impact on the amount of clean drinking water available for people and animals.
- Less water available in wet ecosystems will have an impact on all of the plants and animals in that ecosystem.
- Less fresh water will have an impact on the amount of water available to water crops.
