Phenomenon: Wanapum Dam
Phenomenon: Students will use the Wanapum Dam and its challenges to generate exploration of dams’ impact on the environment and communities. This will lead to a series of lessons exploring various aspects of the topic.
Materials List
Handouts
- Lesson 1 Science Notebook pages 1 & 2
- Lesson 2 Science Notebook pages 3-8
- Lesson 3 Science Notebook page 9
- Lesson 4 Science Notebook pages 10 & 11
- Lesson 5 Science Notebook pages 12-14
- Lesson 5 Newspaper Article Summaries
- Lesson 6 Science Notebook page 15
- Lesson 7 Science Notebook page 16
Classroom Supplies
- Poster boards
- Sticky notes
- Shallow tub filled with sand or soil
- Wooden block, cinderblock, or book to use to lift one end of the plastic tub
- Water to pour into tub
- Styrofoam cup
- Tray to catch water
- Scissors
- Water bottle and water
Important Links
- Lesson Plan Word doc
- Lesson Plan pdf
- Slides: Lesson #1 Past and Present
- Slides: Lesson #2 Quick and Slow
- Slides: Lesson #3 Changes
- Video: Visitor Tour of Wanapum Dam
- Book: Amazing Structures: Dams by Rebecca Pettiford
- Slides: Lesson #4 Modeling Changes
- Slides: Lesson #5 Sudden Change
- Slides: Lesson #6 Modeling to Understand Design Problems
- Spillway facts for kids
- Slides: Lesson #7 Reporter News
- Unit origin on Open Educational Resource Commons
Next Generation Science Standards
Next Generation Science Standards
- 2-ESS1-1. Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
- 2-ESS2-1. Compare multiple solutions designed to slow or prevent wind or water from changing the shape of the land.
- 2-ESS2-2. Develop a model to represent the shapes and kinds of land and bodies of water in an area.