Day 6 - Water, Water, and Water!
Objective:
Students will define the following words and give examples: ground water, river, lake, reservoir, bay, ocean, and watershed.
Materials:
"Water" by Jim Pope
Construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Information sheet
Lesson Overview:
Water is vital to Virginia's well-being, as it is to communities across the globe. Water supports virtually every human endeavor-from farming and forestry to the generation of electric power and all types of manufacturing processes.
Water sustains human "habitat" as it does for the millions of plants and animals that share the planet with us. Here in our little corner of the world, fresh water use currently totals more than 5,467 million gallons per day (mgd), or approximately 826 gallons daily for each Virginia resident (VADCR). Read "Water" by Jim Pope. Discuss the many ways water provides life for many creatures (including us). Give examples of several types of water, like ground water, river, lake, reservoir, bay, ocean, and watershed. Have students ask any questions.
Activity and Assessment:
Tell children to go to their seats and create a foldable using the following information:
Water source term. Underneath it, give the definition of the term, and on the second page it's covering up, list an example in Virginia. The water source terms include ground water, river, lake, reservoir, bay, ocean, and watershed (although watershed study will be covered in depth in the following lesson).
They will be placing this in their ISN (Interactive Science Notebook).
Here is an example.
Students will define the following words and give examples: ground water, river, lake, reservoir, bay, ocean, and watershed.
Materials:
"Water" by Jim Pope
Construction paper
Scissors
Glue
Information sheet
Lesson Overview:
Water is vital to Virginia's well-being, as it is to communities across the globe. Water supports virtually every human endeavor-from farming and forestry to the generation of electric power and all types of manufacturing processes.
Water sustains human "habitat" as it does for the millions of plants and animals that share the planet with us. Here in our little corner of the world, fresh water use currently totals more than 5,467 million gallons per day (mgd), or approximately 826 gallons daily for each Virginia resident (VADCR). Read "Water" by Jim Pope. Discuss the many ways water provides life for many creatures (including us). Give examples of several types of water, like ground water, river, lake, reservoir, bay, ocean, and watershed. Have students ask any questions.
Activity and Assessment:
Tell children to go to their seats and create a foldable using the following information:
Water source term. Underneath it, give the definition of the term, and on the second page it's covering up, list an example in Virginia. The water source terms include ground water, river, lake, reservoir, bay, ocean, and watershed (although watershed study will be covered in depth in the following lesson).
They will be placing this in their ISN (Interactive Science Notebook).
Here is an example.