Crisis+in+the+Watershed-Steps+Summary


 * Crisis in the Watershed – steps summary **

This activity has several distinct steps. With your group, you need to manage each of these steps and communicate with our global partners in order to successfully complete the project "Crisis in the Watershed".


 * Step 1: Understanding the watershed **
 * First, you need to understand what a "watershed" or "drainage basin" is. Visit some of the websites from the "resources" section below, look around, and in your notebook write definitions of 8 to 10 key concepts.
 * Read the document "Crisis in the Watershed: Analysis and Evaluation" and make sure you understand how our project will work.
 * Why is your watershed important? Define the different parts of a watershed as you think about the question. Discuss the topic with your group and make an action plan for your research phase (step 2)
 * Step 2: Researching your watershed **
 * Now that you understand what a watershed is in general, you need to research specific information about your local watershed and the different impacts and consequences linked to good or bad watershed management.
 * Part of your research can be on the Internet or in the school library, but you may also need to contact people in local government, industry or elsewhere outside the school, in order to get additional information.
 * Your choice of information sources is the responsibility of your group, and the more thorough your research, the better you will score on your evaluation.
 * Step 3: Presenting your watershed **
 * You need to organize and present your ideas in a dynamic, engaging format so that you can educate your international partners about the specific details of your local watershed.
 * Your group must decide how to present your information and upload your work to the shared wikispace.
 * Step 4: Analyzing the watersheds of your international partners **
 * Using the work of your international partners, you need to find solutions and ideas to deal with the specific problems in each of your partners' regions.
 * Step 5: Creating a media campaign **
 * Finally, your group will develop a media campaign to raise awareness of problems and issues of watershed management.


 * || ** Resource websites **
 * 1) SERC – It's all in the watershed: http://serc.si.edu/education/resources/watershed/
 * 2) Watershed Atlas: http://www.watershedatlas.org
 * 3) Know your watershed: http://www.ctic.purdue.edu/Know%20Your%20Watershed/What%20is%20a%20Watershed?/
 * 4) Center for watershed protection: http://www.cwp.org/
 * 5) Wikipedia-Drainage Basin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drainage_basin
 * 6) EPA-Watershed central: http://water.epa.gov/type/watersheds/datait/watershedcentral/
 * 7) West Virginia DEP – organizing watershed partnerships: []

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