Hydrologic Cycle Curriculum Guide

The Hydrologic Cycle Curriculum Guide is a 42-page learning guide by game designer and educator Wendy Robertson, that provides guidance, suggestions, and practical lesson plans/assignments for using Hydrologic Cycle in a classroom environment.

Download comes with one PDF file:

1. The Curriculum Guide itself.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Earth and Environmental Systems Thinking
• First Principles and the Unique Properties of Water
• Box Models
• Lesson #1: Representing the Global Hydrologic Cycle as a Box Model
• Lesson #2: Residence Time, Water Abundance, and Water Scarcity
• Lesson #3: Perturbations of the Global Hydrologic Cycle–Human Use
• Lesson #4: Perturbations of the Global Hydrologic Cycle–Climate Charge
• Bibliography
• Appendix A: Lesson #1 Resources, Materials, and Activities
• Appendix B: Lesson #2 Resources, Materials, and Activities
• Appendix C: Lesson #3 Resources, Materials, and Activities
• Appendix D: Lesson #4 Resources, Materials, and Activities

Curriculum Guide Credits

• Written by: Wendy Robertson
• Cover Art by: Lamaro Smith
• Layout Design and Editing by: Andrew D. Devenney, Associate Director, Center for Learning through Games and Simulations, Central Michigan University
• Copy Editing by: Jennifer Peterson