Westside High School Lesson Plan
Teacher Name:
Course:
Klein
Environmental Systems
Unit Name:
Dates:
Watersheds
Jan 6-Jan 15
What are we learning?
1. NO SCHOOL
Monday
How will we learn it?
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How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
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What do I need to be successful?
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What do I need to before next class?
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Tuesday
What are we learning?
1. Explain why Buffalo Bayou is called fresh water.
2. What is an estuary? How are freshwater flows important to them?
3. How does Houston rely on healthy estuaries?
4. Explain why Houston was founded at the confluence of White Oak and Buffalo
Bayous.
5. Define watershed, tributaries, floodplain, river source, river mouth. Know which
direction is upstream and which is downstream. On any map, be able to locate all
these parts of a watershed.
6. Name your watershed. Name the course rain water takes when it rains on WHS, all
the way from the high school to the Gulf of Mexico.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: Discussion, video lesson, review of interactive notebook concepts from
last semester
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods:
Checks for Understanding: during lesson, embedded in power point
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: paper, writing tool, interactive notebook, computer, positive attitude
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: get a new interactive notebook if needed.
What are we learning?
1. Define watershed, tributaries, floodplain, river source, river mouth. Know which
direction is upstream and which is downstream. On any map, be able to locate all
these parts of a watershed.
2. Name your watershed. Name the course rain water takes when it rains on WHS, all
the way from the high school to the Gulf of Mexico.
Wed/Thur
3. Diagram a cycle of the water cycle. Understand all the processes and locations in the
cycle.
4. What is an aquifer? How is a recharge zone related to an aquifer? What happens
when a recharge zone is covered in pavement?
5. How much of the planet’s water is available for human consumption? In what forms is
the rest of the water supply?
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: Rotation station activity: Watersheds in the round
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Activity worksheet due end of period
Checks for Understanding: during lesson, embedded in power point
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: paper, writing tool, interactive notebook, computer, positive attitude
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: get a new interactive notebook if needed.
Friday
What are we learning?
1. Define watershed, tributaries, floodplain, river source, river mouth. Know which
direction is upstream and which is downstream. On any map, be able to locate all
these parts of a watershed.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK ENTRY: Reading a watershed map; worksheet
practice with maps
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Ticket out – reading a watershed map
Checks for Understanding: during lesson, embedded in power point
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: paper, writing tool, interactive notebook, computer, positive attitude
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Get an interactive notebook if necessary; study for quiz monday
What are we learning?
1. Diagram a cycle of the water cycle. Understand all the processes and locations in the
cycle.
2. What is an aquifer? How is a recharge zone related to an aquifer? What happens
when a recharge zone is covered in pavement?
3. How much of the planet’s water is available for human consumption? In what forms is
the rest of the water supply?
Monday
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOK: The water cycle
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Quiz – reading a watershed map (scaffolded assessment)
Checks for Understanding: during lesson, embedded in power point
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: paper, writing tool, interactive notebook, computer, positive attitude
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: get an interactive notebook and complete first two entries if necessary.
What are we learning?
1. All watershed objectives
Tuesday
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: Review activities
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods:
Checks for Understanding: during lesson, embedded in power point
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: paper, writing tool, interactive notebook, computer, positive attitude
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: Study interactive notebook and objective sheet for test next class
Wed/Thur
What are we learning?
All watershed objectives
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities: TEST – All watershed objectives
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Unit test
Checks for Understanding: during lesson, embedded in power point
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: paper, writing tool, interactive notebook, computer, positive attitude
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW:
What are we learning?
Friday
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods:
Checks for Understanding: during lesson, embedded in power point
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: paper, writing tool, interactive notebook, computer, positive attitude
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: