Environmental Science Core Labs

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Purpose:
To determine the relationship between precipitation, elevation, and vegetation across the state of Oklahoma.

Summary:
Students will indicate four distinct rainfall regions in Oklahoma, associate the rainfall amounts with Oklahoma's 3 prairie types, and determine the connection between rainfall and elevation in Oklahoma.

Objectives Links:
H. Climate

Process Skills Checklist

Materials:

• Oklahoma highway map
• Oklahoma county map
• Oklahoma vegetation map
• rainfall/elevation fact sheet
• markers & pencils (yellow, red, green)
• ruler

Safety Concerns:
None

Revision Date:
Summer 2001