Appendix 3 – Watersheds and Wetlands Questions
Watersheds and Wetlands Questions
Part 1 – Building a watershed
1. Describe the path that the rain took through your watershed.
2. What happened to the drawings that represented natural areas (creeks, trees, plants, animals, wildlife)? What does this represent in nature?
3. What happened to the drawings that represented urban areas (houses, schools, factories, roads, cars)? What does this represent in the real world?
4. What effect did the runoff from natural and urban areas have on the lake that formed at the bottom of the land area?
5. The models we are using are not perfect. What is wrong with our watershed models? How are they different from a watershed in the real world?
Part 2 – Adding wetlands
1. How quickly did the lake with a wetland fill up compared to the lake without wetlands?
2. How much water is the lake with a wetland compared to the lake without wetlands?
3. Look at the underside of the wetlands. What happened? What does this represent?
4. The models we are using are not perfect. What is wrong with our wetland models? How are they different from a wetland in the real world?
Part 3 – Toxic waste
1. The drink mix represented pesticides. What other real world toxic wastes could affect a watershed.
2. Where did the toxic waste go in your watershed?
3. What parts of the watershed were affected? What parts were not affected?
4. Describe any differences between the watershed with wetlands and the watershed without wetlands.
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