Rain: Friend or foe?
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In this lesson, students will use their knowledge of rainfall, vegetation, and the slope angles of hillsides to make decisions, predict outcomes, and analyze the effects of certain events or practices (e.g., overgrazing, forest fires, and clear-cutting woodlands). This lesson will help students appreciate the complex relationships between various physical processes and the physical features they modify.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grade 5
- Goal 2: The learner will make observations and conduct investigations to build an understanding of landforms.
- Objective 2.02: Investigate and discuss the role of the water cycle and how movement of water over and through the landscape helps shape land forms.
- Objective 2.05: Discuss how the flow of water and the slope of the land affect erosion.
