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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
Clean Water for Everyone Today and Tomorrow with Good Food Choices
Lesson Description:
As a result of this lesson's activities, students will be able to:
Teaching goals:
As a result of this lesson's activities, students will be able to:
- Estimate and measure quantities of liquids using metric or english scales or by using containers of different relative sizes (e.g., liter bottles, trash cans, etc.)
- Provide analogies through words and pictures of water usage for various tasks with the use of small swimming pools, one-liter water bottles, gallon jugs, or devices of their own choosing/creation.
- Demonstrate using mud how common water pollutants (e.g., used motor oil, fertilizer applications to lawns or fields, manure spreading on cropland, discharged animal effluent into freshwater bodies, etc.), pollutes waterways.
- Identify water as a natural resource which may be polluted by natural and human-caused processes.
- Identify major sources of water pollution.
- Identify dietary choices as a major factor in determining how much water is consumed by each person on a daily basis.
Teaching goals:
- For young children to visualize ow much water is used to do everyday tasks and how much water is needed to grow common food items.
- To graphically illustrate for children how some human activities and how food production causes water pollution.
- To instill in children that water is a precious resource and should not be wasted.
Lesson Type:
- Discussion
- Experiment
Sustainability Topic:
- Water
GEF Program Category:
- Sustainable Water Challenge
Time Needed:
1-2 class periods
1-2 class periods
Standards Addressed:
National Science Content Standards* Correspondence:
ns.k-4.1 Science as inquiry as a result of activities in grades k-4, all students should develop:
-Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
-Understandings about scientific inquiry
ns.k-4.2 Physical science as a result of their activities in grades k-4, all students should develop understanding of:
-Properties of objects and materials
-Position and motion of objects
ns.k-4.3 Life science as a result of their activities in grades k-4, all students should develop understanding of:
-Organisms and environments
ns.k-4.5 Science and technology as a result of activities in grades k-4, all students should develop:
-Abilities of technological design
-Understandings about science and technology
-Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans
ns.k-4.6 Personal and social perspectives as a result of activities in grades k-4, all students should develop understanding of:
-Personal health
-Characteristics and changes in populations
-Types of resources
-Changes in environments
-Science and technology in local challenges
National Science Content Standards* Correspondence:
ns.k-4.1 Science as inquiry as a result of activities in grades k-4, all students should develop:
-Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
-Understandings about scientific inquiry
ns.k-4.2 Physical science as a result of their activities in grades k-4, all students should develop understanding of:
-Properties of objects and materials
-Position and motion of objects
ns.k-4.3 Life science as a result of their activities in grades k-4, all students should develop understanding of:
-Organisms and environments
ns.k-4.5 Science and technology as a result of activities in grades k-4, all students should develop:
-Abilities of technological design
-Understandings about science and technology
-Abilities to distinguish between natural objects and objects made by humans
ns.k-4.6 Personal and social perspectives as a result of activities in grades k-4, all students should develop understanding of:
-Personal health
-Characteristics and changes in populations
-Types of resources
-Changes in environments
-Science and technology in local challenges
Materials Needed:
-Whiteboard and markers, overhead projector, or smart board
-One or more of the following: kiddie pool (borrowed from a parent); trash cans of known volume; gallon jugs (several); 1-liter water bottles (several)
-Duct tape
-Dirt and/or food dye
-Whiteboard and markers, overhead projector, or smart board
-One or more of the following: kiddie pool (borrowed from a parent); trash cans of known volume; gallon jugs (several); 1-liter water bottles (several)
-Duct tape
-Dirt and/or food dye
Submitted By:
Green Education Foundation (gef) on Behalf of the Vegitarian Research Group
Green Education Foundation (gef) on Behalf of the Vegitarian Research Group
School or Group:
The Vegitarian Research Group
The Vegitarian Research Group
Contact Email:
Service@greeneducationfoundation.org
Service@greeneducationfoundation.org
Notes:
http://www.vrg.org/environment/K-2_lesson_plan_clean_water.php
http://www.vrg.org/environment/K-2_lesson_plan_clean_water.php
Located in: Science