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MODEL LESSON PLAN
Title:
SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION: (HYDROLOGY and WATERSHED MANAGEMENT)
1: Name of the Course: Induction course for Forest Guards.
2: Participants’ profile:
All the Trainees are fresh recruits in Forest Department in the age group of 25 to 35. Most of them are graduates. About
10% are Post-graduates. All are XII Science pass. Out of these about 25% have done Botany / Zoology. About 5% have worked in the
Government Department in different capacity before entry in Forest Department.
Total number of Trainees will be 35 to 40 per Batch.
3. Objectives:
At the end of the session the participants will be able to:
a. Explain the process of Hydrological Cycle, (Water Cycle).
b. Define Runoff of a drainage system and list out various factors affecting it.
c. Define and Describe Watershed.
d. Explain the watershed management and its relevance to soil and water conservation.
4. Backward linkage required.
Geology, study of various rocks formation process, Natural elements that constitute Earth’s crust. Plants Succession, stages of Vegetation and
ecosystem development. Knowledge of Contouring and leveling (Engineering)
UDAY AVASAK, IFS MAHARASHTRA- 6-18 AUG 2012
5. Forward linkages to be taken care of:
SOIL EROSION, CAUSES, TYPE OF- WATER & WIND, SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION MEASURES, VARIOUS TYPES OF- VEGETATIVE BARRIERS/
CHECKS AND VARIOUS ENGENEERING STRUCTURES, Gabian, check DAMS Etc. In relation to forest land, FIELD VISITS : TO SEE SUCH METHODS.
6. Training Material required and the time of distribution,
Sr. No.
WHAT
WHEN
(a)
Lecture Notes: Soil & Water Conservation- (Hydrology and Watershed Development)
End of the Session
(b)
Visuals: Water Cycle, Pictures, Topographic Map showing Watershed Area, Pictures
showing Diff. Run off and Types of Erosions. Etc
During the Session
( c)
Learning Reinforcement Quiz
At the End of Session
7. Media Requirement: LCD Projector and Board
8. Special Requirement: Seating arrangements in Oval shape.
9. Likely questions from the participants:
a) Which Human activity affects the water Cycle?
b) What is ‘Top to Bottom’ approach in watershed Management.
c) What are the Conservation practices principles in Watershed management. ….
UDAY AVASAK, IFS MAHARASHTRA- 6-18 AUG 2012
10. ILLUSTRATIONS:
SR
NO.
TIME
Min.
TOPIC
DETAILS
1
05
INTRODUCTION
SELF INTRODUCTION, Knowing Trainees’
background knowledge.
2
05
WARMING UP
“Water means Life” Life can’t exist without
water. Water is ‘precious’. Human civilization
cradle around water only Soil and water..
Available water limited!
Opening the session by
question: (What is Prime and
foremost duty of a Forest
Officer?)
3
15
HYDROLOGY:
HYDROLOGICAL
CYCLE
The water cycle, also known as the hydrologic
cycle or H2O cycle, describes the continuous
movement of water on, above and below the
surface of the Earth
the physical processes
of evaporation, condensation,
precipitation, infiltration, runo
ff, and subsurface flow. In so
doing, the water goes through
different phases: liquid, solid,
and gas
The water cycle figures significantly in the
maintenance of life and ecosystems on Earth
4
10
RUNOFF
Definition of Runoff, Surface Runoff, Sub
Surface Runoff, Base Flow & Peak Runoff
5
10
FACTORS
AFFECTING
RUNOFF
Climatic Factors:
Rainfall characteristics & measurement:
Metrological factors:
:
6
10
FACTORS
AFFECTING
RUNOFF
Physiographic Factors
Watershed Factors:
Storage Characteristics
ILLUSTRATION
Ask question to participants:
What are Isohyets?
Rain Fall is Expressed in mm or
Inches and measured by RainGuage;
VISUALS
Attainment
of
Objectives
SLIDES/
PICTURES
a
Picture /
Slide
b
Maps:
b
Rain
Guage
picture
b
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7
10
Effects of RUNOFF
Soil Erosion by Water- Splash, Sheet, Rill, Gully,
Channel
8
10
WATERSHED :
CONCEPT
Definition: A watershed is an area that supplies
water by surface or subsurface flow to a given
drainage system or body of water, be it a
stream, river, wetland, lake, or ocean (World
Bank 2001)
Classification as per sizes,
9
10
Watershed
Management
Watershed management typically refers to
management at the level of the micro- or subwatershed. Catchment is generally used
synonymously with watershed.
10
15
WATERSHED
MANAGEMENT &
ITS REVENCE TO
SOIL & WATER
CONSERVATION
The integrated concepts of watershed
management provide a framework for
sustainable development, while watershed
management practices provide the tools for
making the framework operational.
13
10
Summary Session
Summing up with reference to the Objectives
set in lesson plan.
14
10
Reinforce Quiz/
Internal Assessment: Quiz and questionnaire
for internal assessment of the trainees will be
given.
.
120
Explain Process of Soil
Erosion by Water in a drainage
system.
Micro, large ; Size, shape,
Topography, Geology
Rock/Soil, Climate,
Vegetation, Land use.
Slide/
b
Slide/
picture/
Table
c
c
FUNCTION ,
WATERSHED
CHARACTERISTICS affect its
functioning.
Give examples of “Success
stories” of Watershed
Management in India
slides
Slides
End of the Session
Thanking while concluding the
session.
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