Time Required: 200 minutes
In The Lab, students will:

  • Research and gather statistics about a U.S. state experiencing drought by using the United States ● ● Drought Monitor website: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu
  • Design a conservation or engineering solution by either:
  • Designing and building a device OR
  • Creating a technical drawing.
  • Present team drought solution device or technical drawing to the class audience.

Standards
MS-ESS2-4
Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. [Clarification Statement: Emphasis is on the ways water changes its state as it moves through the multiple pathways of the hydrologic cycle. Examples of models can be conceptual or physical.] [Assessment Boundary: A quantitative understanding of the latent heats of vaporization and fusion is not assessed.]