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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
“World-Water Hero!”
Lesson Description:
Students will become aware about global water issues and students will create a superhero with super powers that can improve water quality and availability:
Objectives:
Students will become aware about global water issues and students will create a superhero with super powers that can improve water quality and availability:
Objectives:
- Discuss why clean water is important.
- Evaluate the “powers” needed to improve water quality around the world.
Lesson Type:
- Discussion
- Project
Sustainability Topic:
- Water
GEF Program Category:
- Sustainable Water Challenge
Time Needed:
Varies
Varies
Standards Addressed:
- English/Language Arts National Standards:
- nl-eng.k-12.1 - reading for perspective: students read a wide range of print and non-print documents to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the united states and the world.
- nl-eng.k-12.3 - evaluation strategies: students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts.
- nl-eng.k-12.4 - communication skills: students adjust their use of spoken, written, and visual language to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes.
- nl-eng.k-12.5 - communication strategies: students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.
- nl-eng.k-12.6- applying knowledge: students apply knowledge of language structure, language conventions, media techniques, figurative language, and genre to create, critique, and discuss print and nonprint text
- 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
Materials Needed:
- A picture, comic strip or a comic book of an existing popular superhero.
- Paper
- Pencils
- Crayons
- Markers
- Website - static.water.org/docs/curriculums/WaterOrg%20ElemCurric5.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
Located in: Creativity
