Where Does Water Run?

Project WILD Aquatic’s, Where Does Water Run?, is a great way to incorporate math concepts in a real world application. Extend this erosion activity by investigating run-off from school grounds. Have students go outside and look for paths water may flow, what it may take with it (soil, oil from parking lots, etc.), and where it will end up (stream, pond, river, drainage ditch, etc.). As a service learning project, have students think of ways to reduce the amount of run-off from school grounds. Come up with a plan and present it to school administration.

Book List
Grades PreK-2
Cole, J. and Bruce D. 1986. The Magic Schoolbus at the Waterworks. Scholastic.
Rutten, J. 1998. Erosion. Child's World, Incorporated.
Schmid, E. 1990. The Water's Journey. North-South Books.

Grades 3-5
Bailey, J. 2006. Cracking up: A Story about Erosion. Coughlan Publishing.
Koontz, R.M. 2006. Erosion: Changing the Earth's Surface. Coughlan Publishing.
Olien, R. 2001. Erosion. Capstone Press.
Robinson, F. 1995. Where Do Puddles Go: Rookie Read-About Science. Children’s Press.
Stille, D. 1990. Soil Erosion and Pollution. Grolier.
Telford, C. and Theodorou, R. 1998. Down a River. Heinemann Interactive Library.
Winner, C. 1999. Erosion. Lerner Publishing Group.

Grades 6-8
Downs, S. 2000. Shaping the Earth: Erosion. Lerner Publishing Group.
Fodor, R.V. 1983. Chiseling the Earth: How Erosion Shapes the Land. Enslow Publishers, Incorporated.
Rybolt, T, Mebane, R. 1993. Environmental Experiments about Land. Enslow Publishing Inc.
Stille, D. 2004. Erosion: How Land Forms How It Changes. Compass Point Books.

Grades 9-12
Janice, R. 2006. Land Abuse and Soil Erosion. Wiegel Publishers.