![]() ![]() Students should perform a KWL Chart What We Know / What We Want to Know / What we Learned about soil. An Agricultural and Social History of the Dust Bowl, by D.Nebraska's Climate: Past and Future, by Michael Palecki."Magic School Bus" videotapes 1.) Wet All Over and 2.) At the Waterworks.Sink or Swim, The Science of Water, by Barbara Taylor.Wessels Living History Farm page Red Dust from Oklahoma.Wessels Living History Farm page Calling Off School for Dust.Wessels Living History Farm page No Water, No Crops.Wessels Living History Farm page The Dust Bowl.Wessels Living History Farm page Drought.Wind erosion and control of the wind will be addressed in the study. The students will examine runoff from fields and begin to understand about groundwater.Įrosion due to the impact of materials on the earth's surface will be explored through investigations. Students will investigate soil composition and the ability of water to flow through it. Nebraska soils vary in composition from the western to eastern parts. Students should investigate the impact of each drought period on the people of Nebraska. Another period of drought occurred from 1954-1956. The Dust Bowl period was during the 1930s and greatly impacted life in Nebraska especially in rural areas. The 1800s had dry periods as well as the 1860s and 1880s. Nebraska has experienced numerous periods of dry conditions. What happened to life on the farm during the 1930s drought? What part of the farm was affected first? The 1930s was a time in our history with a prolonged drought. Students will explore changes in farming practices which changed as a result of education in the late 1930s.Students will investigate soil types, water flow, and various erosion conditions which occur during a drought.Students will gain knowledge about the impact of drought in agriculture.Objectives Suggested grade level 5th-8th. Lesson Plan by Kathy Jacobitz, science education consultant, Pawnee City, Nebraska. What would that be like? How would we, as a school, be affected? Would our fountains work? What would the playground look like? This lesson looks at the effects of water on soil and, by extension, the effects on plants and the agricultural economy. Then year after year the rainfall was far below normal resulting in a prolonged drought. Suppose one year the normal rain failed to come in Nebraska. ![]()
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