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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
“Traveling for Water” Mini-unit
Lesson Description:
Students will read the information about the following countries and complete the global water awareness chart. Students will also complete a word puzzle and several math questions pertaining to water:
Students will read the information about the following countries and complete the global water awareness chart. Students will also complete a word puzzle and several math questions pertaining to water:
- 6.1 supporting materials: global water awareness fact sheet
- 6.2 supporting materials: global water awareness “world tour”
- 6.3 supporting activity: global water awareness chart
- 6.4 supporting activity: “traveling for water” quick math questions
- 6.5 supporting activity: “traveling for water” maze
Lesson Type:
- Discussion
- Project
Sustainability Topic:
- Water
GEF Program Category:
- Sustainable Water Challenge
Time Needed:
Varies
Varies
Standards Addressed:
- Math national standards:
- nm-mea.3-5.1 - understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement
- nm-mea.3-5.2 - apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements
- nm-mea.6-8.1 - understand measurable attributes of objects and the units, systems, and processes of measurement
- nm-mea.6-8.2 - apply appropriate techniques, tools, and formulas to determine measurements
- nm-num.3-5.1 - understand numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems/understand the place-value structure of the base-ten number system and be able to represent and compare whole numbers and decimals/ recognize and generate equivalent forms of commonly used fractions, decimals, and percents.
- science national standards:
- ns.k-4.3 - life science: organisms and environment
- ns.k-4.4 - earth and space science: properties of earth materials
- ns.k-4.6 - personal and social perspectives: types of resources/ changes in environments
- geography national standards:
- nss-g.k-12.3 - physical systems: understand the physical processes that shape the patterns of earth’s surface/understand the characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on earth’s surface.
- nss-g.k-12.4 - human systems: understand the characteristics, distribution, and migration of human populations on earth’s surface/ understand the characteristics, distribution, and complexity of earth’s cultural mosaics/ understand the patterns and networks of economic interdependence on earth’s surface/ understand the processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement/ understand how the forces of cooperation and conflict among people influence the division and control of earth’s surface.
- nss-g.k-12.5 - environment and society: understand how human actions modify the physical environment/ understand how physical systems affect human systems/ understand the changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution, and importance of resources.
- nss-g.k-12.6 - uses of geography: understand how to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future.
Materials Needed:
Website
http://static.water.org/docs/curriculums/waterorg%20elemcurric6.pdf
Website
http://static.water.org/docs/curriculums/waterorg%20elemcurric6.pdf
Submitted By:
Green Education Foundation (GEF) on Behalf of Water.org
Green Education Foundation (GEF) on Behalf of Water.org
School or Group:
Water.org
Water.org
Contact Email:
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
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