Children's Water Festival
Chatham Kent
Rolling Through the Shed
Overview
Students put on Velcro vests and pretend to be drops of rain which, through precipitation, enter into the watershed. They roll through a model watershed to see how water, in the air and on land, interacts with pollutants, soil and human development. Students will discuss what they pick up in their travel into the watershed.
Curriculum Link
Life Systems, Grade 4 (Habitats and Communities)
Describe ways in which humans interact with habitats and the effects of these interactions on the communities within (O.E.)
Describe advantages and disadvantages of human interactions within habitats and food chains (S.E.)
Identify various factors that affect plants and animals in a specific habitat (S.E.)
Health and Physical Education, Grade 4 (Active Participation)
Participate vigorously in all aspects of the program (S.E)
Demonstrate respectful behaviour towards others in the group (S.E)
Matter and Energy, Grade 5 (Properties of and Changes in Matter)
Describe the properties of materials that make them useful in everyday products and discuss the environmental impact of this production, use, and disposal of these materials (S.E)
Earth and Space Systems, Grade 5 (Conservation of Energy and Resources)
Evaluate ways in which humans use energy and resources, the immediate and long-term effects of these uses on society and the environment, and the necessity for conservation of energy and natural resources (O.E.)