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Pre-Visit Activities : What are Watersheds?
Standards Supported

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Grade Level

Standards

6th Grade

6-1.2

7th Grade

7-1.2, 7-4.5

8th Grade

8-1.4, 8-3.9

* Bold standards are the main standards addressed in this activity.

Sixth Grade Indicators

6-1.2 Differentiate between observation and inference during the analysis and interpretation of data.

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Seventh Grade Indicators

7-1.2

Generate questions that can be answered through scientific investigation

7-4.5

Summarize how the location and movement of water on Earth’s surface through groundwater zones and surface-water drainage basins, called watersheds, are important to ecosystems and to human activities.

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Eighth Grade Indicators

8-1.4 Generate questions for further study on the basis of prior investigations
8-3.9

Identify and illustrate geologic features of South Carolina and other regions of the world through the use of imagery (including aerial photography and satellite imagery) and topographic maps.