Timeline & Discipline |
Big Idea & Essential Questions |
Lesson Overview | Eliciting and Engaging the Student | Developing the Ideas | Checking for Understanding |
Timeline: ~2 days
Discipline: Any |
BIG IDEA 1: What the Water Project is and Who Our Partners Are.
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In these 2 lessons, you will introduce students to the water project and to their Kenyan partners.
Included in Lesson 1-1 is a plan for students to introduce one another through letters. Lesson 1-2 is an alternate student introduction through the students making videos. Choose one or the other means of introduction depending on what suites your needs.
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Have students share in groups of 3 then share with the entire group. Teacher should capture these ideas and share them with MM. |
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Timeline: ~3-4 days
Discipline: Science |
BIG IDEA 2: Where all of the Earth's Water Is and How it Got There.
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In these 4 lessons, students learn about how the Earth contains a set amount of water molecules that are repeatedly stored, processed and recycled through natural and man-made events.
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Timeline: ~6 days
Discipline: Science |
BIG IDEA 3: The Unique Properties of Water and Why They Matter.
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In these 7 lessons, students learn about the unique characteristics and properties of water that make it essential to life on Earth and the processes that we depend on.
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For the lessons in Big Idea 3, having the students manipulate the magnetic water molecule models is a great way to check for understanding. This could be done at the end of a lesson if time allows, or at the beginning of class as a review of the previous lesson.
Use these two water molecules links:
AND the page numbers to listed below to align each lesson with a "check for understanding" water molecule activity.
Lesson 3-2: Water Olympics
Lesson 3-3 thru 3-5: The Water Molecule and Dissolving
Lesson 3-6: Evaporation and Condensation
Lesson 3-7: Freezing and Melting
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Timeline: ~1 week
Discipline: Science and Social Studies |
BIG IDEA 4: The Human Impacts on Water.
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In these lessons, students become familiar with different ways that their activities directly and indirectly impact water availability and quality. Students will learn how to define a water footprint, and analyze their own consumption in comparison with their partners in Kenya. They will also develop an awareness of the pollutants that affect our local water bodies as well as investigate the impacts that humans are having on water on a global scale. |
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Timeline: ~1 week
Discipline: Science |
BIG IDEA 5: What Water Quality Is and How to Measure It.
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In these 3 lessons, students learn about what parameters determine water quality in natural systems by collecting data at a local water source. |
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Timeline: ~4 Days
Discipline: Science |
BIG IDEA 6: What can be done to Improve Water Quality and Clean or Treat Dirty Water.
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In these 6 lessons, students review aspects of poor water quality and learn about how to improve water quality by various means and levels of purification.
As a Checking For Understanding/Final Assessment Activity, students will be challenged to clean their own container of dirty water in Lesson 6-6. |
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Lesson 6-6 Clean your own water | |
Timeline: ~1-2 wks |
BIG IDEA 7: Creating a Call to Action.
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These final lessons are designed to help guide students in the creation of their Call to Action Projects. Depending on the specific requirements of your school and your personal framing of the project, some of these lessons may not be applicable and/or should be altered to suite your needs. |
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Water Project Field Trip and Symposium Supplements: | If your water project curriculum includes field trips to various water related locations, these pre-made documents are a great way to jig-saw and reflect student experiences and learning. |