Lesson 1 - The Water Cycle and Soil
You will expand on your understanding of the water cycle to recognise how the cycle operates on scales as small as their local catchment, and how the water cycle impacts soil.
You will create a Google Earth project to explain the impacts of water movement through a rural catchment and also examine how soil is formed and that it is a non-renewable natural resource.
You will also consider the critical importance of maintaining soil quality to ensure global food security.
LEARN
ACTIVITY 1.1
The Small Water Cycle and Soil
Worksheet 1.1a – What is a Catchment?
Worksheet 1.1b – The Water Cycle in a Catchment
Worksheet 1.1c – Water Movement in a Catchment
ACTIVITY 1.2
The Water Cycle, Soil and the Food We Eat – Google Earth Project
Worksheet 1.2a – Saving Our Soil
Worksheet 1.2b – Sustaining Our Rural Catchments – Google Earth Project
Worksheet 1.2c – Google Earth Project Planning Document
ACTIVITY 1.3
Is Soil a Renewable Resource?
Worksheet 1.3a – Is Soil a Renewable Resource?
Worksheet 1.3b – How Soil is Created?
