2nd Grade: How Can We Stop Soil From Washing Away: (Asynchronous Course) In this unit, students will explore and collect evidence on the fast and slow ways water and wind can change the shape of the land. Students will examine photographs and models of certain changes in the land caused by flowing water and blowing wind. They will engage in a literacy activity highlighting the successful and unsuccessful ways people have attempted to minimize water and wind's impact on the land. Then they will use a stream table as a model to compare multiple solutions designed to prevent water from changing the shape of the land. 

This Asynchronous Canvas course prepares teachers to • Access online teacher and student resources • Develop an understanding of the unit’s storyline, instructional model, and standards alignment. • Organize and manage the materials in the unit to support student learning activities. • Support and assess student sense-making with various strategies, including science notebooks. • Provide examples or resources about STEM-related career choices to use with students

Each module within this course consists of 2-4 lessons in the curriculum and also follows a specific focus question that students will be working towards answering.  These modules contain short videos and "teacher tips" for every lesson which will support teachers in implementing this unit with students . Total time to complete the videos and teacher tips is approximately 3 hours.  The final reflection must be completed in order to validate participation and clock hours.  

3 STEM Clock Hours