8th Grade Environment Laboratory
Crumpled Paper Watershed Lab - Water Supply Activity - Middle School Science
By The Science Cell
Are you looking for a hands-on, inquiry-based lab for your middle school students that covers watersheds and human impact on water supply? Then check this out! In this lab, students will crumple a piece of paper, use markers to draw various landmarks and landforms on the paper, and then spray water over the paper to simulate rain flowing through a watershed. Students will be able to observe how water travels from areas of higher elevation to lower elevation due to gravity. Additionally, students will learn how humans impact the environment by leaving pollution on Earth's surface, which gets transported into the water supply. This lab also includes detailed step by step instructions and post-lab questions.
An answer key is included.
Materials needed: markers, plain paper, spray bottles, and water.
Your students will:
- Apply knowledge
- Practice concepts
- Use observation skills
- Demonstrate understanding
- Analyze data
- Apply key terms and definitions
- Engage in visual and hands-on learning
- Explore real world problems