1. WRWP 3-6 Education Initiative NREM 405/505 With Storer Elementary Fall 2002

2. Objectives  1) Students can list types of pollution related to watersheds and will witness the way that pollution travels through a watershed.  2) Students can identify sources of pollution and the impact of generalized activities within a watershed.  3) Students can differentiate between non-point and point- source pollution.

3. Mission Statement  To develop a curriculum that will expose students in grades 3-6 to impacts of everyday activities on water quality and to encourage independent ideas about limiting the negative influence of human activities on water quality.

4. Development Procedure  Two brainstorming meetings were conducted where we put together ideas and discussed what demonstrations would be most effective.  The in-class lesson was integrated with the monitoring program to promote National Water Monitoring Day activities and solicit participation.  A lesson plan was created as a guide to any future WRWP participants who may be interested in implementing this program.

5. Lesson Plan Intro  Introductions of Instructors  Rich Connolly  Sara Cook  Molly Crawford  Kevin Rhodes  Lisa Tegeler

6. Lesson Plan: Conceptual Lead In  Watershed overview containing definitions of runoff, non-point source pollution, point source pollution, watershed, groundwater, topography  Include explanation of pollution transport methods  Allow for adequate time for questions and answers during presentation

7. Lecture

8. Lesson Plan: Watershed Pool Activity  Distribute paper to students and explain that it represents sections of riverfront property  Explain what paper, pool, tarp, food coloring, and Kool-aid represent  “Build” topography  Spread tarp  Select students to apply “pollutants”  Select students to bring the rain

9. Watershed Pool Demonstration

10. Lesson Plan: Transition to Land Use Demonstration  How did pollutants travel? (i.e. downhill, overland)  Explain role of subsurface water flow  Where did pollutants end up? (i.e. lakes, rivers)  What can be done to stop pollutants? (i.e. minimize or eliminate pollution, treat on-site)

11. Lesson Plan: Land Use Demonstration  Break students up into groups of three or four.  Give each group a section of river to develop and a role to play (industry, private landowner, retail, public park planner, etc.)  Students have 6-8 minutes to develop their space and draw it.  Gather as one large group and connect the river pieces together.  Have each group explain their drawing. Place markers on the drawings symbolizing non-point source and point-source pollution.  Each group explains while the pollution moves downstream with each group’s turn.

12. Lesson Plan: Closing  Final question and answer session  Review the problems and possible solutions  Discuss what opportunities are available for the students to make a difference  Ask the students to share one thing that they learned during the lesson

13. Pilot Classroom #1  Mrs. Carolyn Shobe’s 5 th grade class at Storer Elementary  25 students  Contributing Instructors:, Sara Cook, Molly Crawford, Kevin Rhodes, Lisa Tegler, Dr. James Eflin  Media Personnel: Quentin Flory

14. Pilot Classroom #2  Mrs. Beth Gillentine’s 4 th Grade class at Storer Elementary  20 Students  Contributing Instructors: Rich Connolly, Molly Crawford, Dr. James Eflin

15. Suggestions for Future Demonstrators  Answer questions quickly and clearly even if they are not directly related to the activity  Feed off the students’ interests  Try to involve as many students as possible in discussions

16. Possible Improvements  More refined, specific questions to ask students  Make adaptable for a wider age range or develop a new procedure for younger (K-3) students  Have some sort of educational material (i.e. activity handout, coloring book) to give to students to extend interest in subject beyond the visit

17. Recommendations  Lesson plan can be used in the future and adapted to a wide range of audiences  Traveling lesson can be integrated with the Children’s Museum display  Can be taught by anyone involved with the White River Watershed Project

18. Water Monitoring Day Plug  Throughout the demonstrations we invited the students to our National Water Monitoring Day Activities on October 18, 2002.  Water samples were collected as well as various invertebrate and vertebrate samples.  The results were submitted to the Year of Clean Water website: www.yearofcleanwater.orgwww.yearofcleanwater.org

19. Water Monitoring Day

20. Thank You

21. Credits: Rich Connolly Sara Cook Molly Crawford Quentin Flory Kevin Rhodes Lisa Tegler

22. Thanks to:  Dr. James Eflin  Shareen Goldman  Beth Gillentine  Carolyn Shobe