Stage 1 Desired Results

Wetlands

Pacing: 5 weeks

Stage 1 Desired Results

Established Goals:

• LS2-3 Construct and revise an explanation based on evidence for the cycling of matter and flow of energy in aerobic and anaerobic conditions.

• ESS3-4 Evaluate or refine a technological solution that reduces impacts of human activities on natural systems

• LS2-7 Design, evaluate, and refine a solution for reducing the impacts of human activities on the environment and biodiversity
  

Transfer

Students will be able to independently use their learning to….

• Explain the processes that create inland wetland soils

• Describe and identify the characteristics used to delineate inland wetland soils 

• Differentiate various types of watercourses based on their physical and seasonal attributes including those classified as intermittent or vernal

Meaning

Understandings

Students will understand…

• Wetlands are classified by soil type not presence of water or specific types of vegetation 

• Groundwater table fluctuations significantly influences soil characteristics  

• Redoximorphic features are key indicator for identifying wetland soils

Essential Questions

Students will keep considering…

• How are wetlands responsible for creating biodiverse ecosystems?

• Why does a landscape's topography determine where a wetland is located?

• How wetlands help with groundwater recharge?

• Why wetlands increase an area’s resilience to flooding events?

Acquisition

Students will know…

• Vocabulary on describing / classifying a wetland

• Key features used to identify soils as a wetland

• Function wetlands have in mitigating water from storm events

Students will be skilled at…

• Classifying soil samples as wetland by color / redoximorphic features 

• Utilizing LIDAR satellite data for identifying location of wetlands on a property

• Conducting a site assessment for identifying an area as a wetland