Earth and Environmental Science · Week 10 · Water in the Desert
Groundwater Overdraft
Computing aquifer withdrawals and recharge and planning a personal habit that stays in balance like a budget.
- Students will
- Students compute aquifer withdrawals and recharge to show when pumping exceeds recharge, test a recharge pond plan, and use scale and quantity to explain effects on land, people, and palm oases.
- SEL skill
- Set a personal goal and plan a habit that keeps your effort in balance
- What it looks like
- Students practice self-motivation by planning a personal habit that stays in balance like a budget.
- Content focus
- Groundwater overdraft
- Format
- Partner exchange
Self-management
Self-management means handling your emotions, thoughts, and behaviors so you can reach your goals. More self-management activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-ESS3-3: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP5 Using mathematics and computational thinking
- Crosscutting concept: CCC3 Scale, proportion, and quantity
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle V: Decisions affecting resources and natural systems are complex and involve many factors
- Literacy in science: RST.11-12.3 Follow a complex multistep procedure when carrying out experiments or taking measurements.
- Traditional course: Earth and Environmental Science
Fits these textbook chapters
- Prentice Hall Earth Science, Chapter 4: Earth's Resources
- Prentice Hall Earth Science, Chapter 6: Running Water and Groundwater
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More self-management activities for Earth and Environmental Science
- Rain Shadow Self-managementModeling how mountains wring water from the air before it reaches the valley and noticing what drains or protects our emotional reserves.
- From Worry to Action Self-managementExplaining how human activity and Earth systems interact and practicing a worry to action routine for climate stress.
- Biodiversity on the Edge Self-managementDesigning a solution to protect Coachella Valley fringe toed lizard habitat and sticking with a complex problem.
- Flash Floods in the Desert Self-managementInvestigating why dry desert soil sheds water and practicing calm, step by step decisions in emergencies.
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