Land+&+Water

**Draft Three hour training Schedule**

 * 30 minutes - Ice Breaker, Norms, Purpose of training
 * 20 minutes - Overview of kit
 * 40 minutes - Signature Lesson #4
 * 45 minutes - Group Work on selected lessons, #5,6,7,10,13
 * 45 minutes - Curricular Connections & Housekeeping (how to check out a kit, FAQ's)




 * A closer look at lessons #6, #10 and #14: Summary/Key Concepts & Tips!**

__Lesson #6__ Summary: Illustrated water retention in soil

Key Concepts: types of soil, porosity, absorption, retention, particle size

Tips: - Use funnel to add soil to cylinders (for less mess) - Use newspaper to cover tables for easier cleanup - Consider reformatting the worksheet where the cylinders are, (or paste them on facing pages in a science notebook so that before and after of an earth material cylinder can more easily be seen - Initial amount of clay may need to be increased because it needs to be packed down - Add questions to this lesson – such as “which soil retained the most water?”

__Lesson #10__ The idea of this lesson is to continue concepts from lesson 4. Students will discover how a greater force of water affects erosion of lad forms. They will see a stream effect/delta/and how rivers are formed as a gradual change.

Key Concepts: Flow/force of water (greater the flow=more sediment movement) Stream/river formation Erosion - movement of larger sediment Delta – deposition of sediment at mouth of stream/river Evidence – length of stream decreased from lesson 4-10

Tips: - make sure you place a red do on the cups with a large hole and a blue dot on the cups with a small hole (so you can tell the difference!) - pay attention to the lesson order before time (i.e. lessons 4, 10, 13) so that students can see a progression.

__Lesson #14__ Summary: This lesson will show how much soil is moved with and without plant roots in an area. It is an extension of Lesson #13, which works soley with slope.

Key Concepts: erosion deterrents

Tips: - make sure you plant the ryegrass and mustard seed 3-4 days before the lesson as per the book (sprinkle seeds on “land” and then sprinkle a little soil on top of that).