New World High School Daily Lesson Plan
Teacher: Benjamin Drexel
Unit/Topic
NYS Standard
Aim
Section: All 11th Grade Sections
Date: TBD
Landscapes and Landscape Development
Preparation for the New York State Regents
What is Ground Water?
Content
Objectives
SWBAT: Define Groundwater and related vocabulary
 Water Table (Zone of Saturation and Zone of Aeration)
 Saturated and Unsaturated
 Infiltration and Runoff
 Permeable and Impermeable
SWBAT: Make observations about the rate at which water moves through different sediments
Language
Objectives
SWBAT: Write conclusions about various ground water relationships using their data charts.
Do Now Question
 What do you think the word Hydrology means?
Do Now
Laboratory
Skills
Practice
Introduction to the Lesson:
Hydrology refers to the study of water. In this set of activities we will be studying
groundwater. Groundwater makes up only 0.61% of the Earth's total water supply
but accounts for approximately 5% of the Earth's total fresh water supply. When it
rains some of the water flows down into the ground into regions called aquifers,
which are porous rock structures that hold water (sometimes for thousands of
years). Water under the ground is not pure and it dissolves small amounts of soil
and rock.
Students will
 Conduct several groundwater experiments
o Hydrologic Cycle, Porosity, Permeability, Parts of an Aquifer,
Recharge Zone, Pollution Plumes, and Chemical Changes in ground
water.
 Take notes and make observations about their various experiments
Notes:
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Notes and
Discussion
Closing
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Label the parts of the ground water system
As sediments become more round and sorted porosity increases.
As sediment size increases porosity stays the same if the sediments are
round and sorted
As sediment size increases permeability increases.
As saturation increases permeability increases.
As permeability decreases runoff increases.
As sediment size decreases capillarity increases.
Traveling through sediments can help keep groundwater clean but pollutants
can still flow into the water table with groundwater.
Closing Questions
 What are some actions humans take that harm our groundwater system?
 What actions can you take to ensure that our ground water system stays
clean and healthy?
Assessment
Homework
Group assessment, in class work and collection of responses
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