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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
Can We Keep the Lake Clean?
Lesson Description:
This lesson introduces students to the water cycle by having them help draw a picture of a lake ecosystem, adding human impacts that affect water quality. Students will help fill in the components of a drawing of a water system. They will conclude by creating their own illustrations of human-induced changes to the freshwater habitat of a lake ecosystem.
Students will:
This lesson introduces students to the water cycle by having them help draw a picture of a lake ecosystem, adding human impacts that affect water quality. Students will help fill in the components of a drawing of a water system. They will conclude by creating their own illustrations of human-induced changes to the freshwater habitat of a lake ecosystem.
Students will:
- Help draw a picture of a lake ecosystem.
- Discuss the water cycle and the reasons why lakes are important.
- Describe how humans can impact the water cycle.
- Draw pictures illustrating a scenario involving human-induced changes to a lake ecosystem.
Lesson Type:
- Project
Sustainability Topic:
- Ecosystems
- Water
GEF Program Category:
- Sustainable Water Challenge
- Waste Reduction Challenge
Time Needed:
One to two hours
One to two hours
Standards Addressed:
Connections to the national geography standards:
Standard 14: "How human actions modify the physical environment"
Connections to the national geography standards:
Standard 14: "How human actions modify the physical environment"
Materials Needed:
- Computer with internet access
- Blackboard or whiteboard
- Colored chalk (or erasable markers if you are using a whiteboard)
Submitted By:
Green Education Foundation (GEF) on Behalf of National Geographic
Green Education Foundation (GEF) on Behalf of National Geographic
School or Group:
National Geographic
National Geographic
Contact Email:
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
Notes:
Http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/gk2/clean.html
Http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/14/gk2/clean.html
Located in: Social Studies
