ECED 355 Water Unit Lesson Identification: Curriculum Area: Social Studies -Anthropology Target Age/Grade: 3rd Grade Group Size: 25 students Context/Time of Day: During the afternoon Social Studies period. Time Needed: 45 minutes Rationale: This activity allows students to broaden their cultural understanding of the world, and how that relates to the self, and the United States in particular. This activity will allow students to develop greater cultural awareness of the uses of water in the past and present. State Goal 16 Social Science: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations. Learning Standard E. …show more content…
5. The whole group will then share their legends briefly, while the teacher writes the main role water plays in the legends on the board. 6. Students will then use the information shared to compare their legend with one other legend discussed. 7. After completing the graphic organizer students will discuss in the whole group what they know about the importance of water scientifcally and what they have learned about the importance of water culturally. Extension/follow-up activities: Have students search more information on how water is used culturally or tarditionally and bring in photos or a summary of their findings. Safety Measures: None Assessment & Evaluation: Informal and Formal Students will be assessed as to their participation during the group activity and according to the completion of graphic organizer sheets at the end of the experiment. The following rubric will be used for assessment: Water Legend Activity Way to Go! (5) Almost There! (3-4) Not Quite There (0-2) Total Score Participation during Group Experiment Student participates in the group by reading aloud, and comparing their knowledge of water to the way water is depicted in the legend. Student participated during the read aloud and discusses some information relating to water, but does not compare his/her knowledge of water to the depiction in the
Fresh drinking water is made available to the children. They are informed how to obtain the water and they know that they can ask for it any time during the day.
o Teacher reads book to the class allowing time for children to reflect on the book and link it to their personal experiences. o Discuss with children the illustrations and the significance of dot painting in Aboriginal culture. Focus of the learning experience: o Put selected sentences from the text on sentence strips and read the text to the class.
Explain how you plan to apply to your lesson planning on exploring water and gardens to each of the four (4) aspects of Learning Outcome 2?
The students will be able to gather the information in the story, solving the word problem using their tools provide by the teacher.
Let's start by looking at how important water is and what it does for our bodies.
The article “Water Works”, published by Orion Magazine and written by environmental specialist Cynthia Barnett intends to inform the reader anyone can make water an important factor. Overlooking it has become common many people in the United States have adapted to through the changes that have occurred in society over time. At the beginning of her article, she describes an area that does not make water care a priority, whereas in another location they make it very evident water is important. The location she describes is gloomy, grey, and is a populated area that has old water systems that are damaging environmental factors. Barnett continuously emphasizes that people are the ones who can help restore nature. This is at a less cost than
a. Have students investigate maps of the trail of tears by using the computer, books, journals, pictures and other sources
Water is a privilege. Living in the 21first century America, many individuals including myself have forgotten this. Many families all over the world are forced to walk miles for water just to find that it isn't even clean. Water shortage is a problem all over the world, but especially in poor countries like Africa. Because individuals all over the world have to get their water, my class did a water walk to understand their pains, but I would change it by making it longer, carrying more water, and having harsher conditions.
Q1. Briefly describe the complexity of international water use, using the Rhine River or the Aral Sea as an example.
Thesis statement (central idea): Access and availability to fresh water are essential to the survival of the human race. Fresh water is a finite source and once it is gone, we have limited options to replenish it, so we must take action to conserve the fresh water we do have especially at home in the United States.
These are the three topics you will need to know to do this project, carbonation, pressure, and surface tension. Carbonation is the water into
The method is doing research online and collecting information by checking if the information can answer the question from the question creation chart. First, find out the problems of water scarcity in the United States, and pick two severe problem to solve. Once the decision is made, find the current solutions that deal with each of them, summerize the advantages and disadvantages. Then, search which country has greatly succeeded on dealing with water shortage problem and what solutions they exploited. Also, be sure there are some data provided to compare the water they have before solving the problem and after.
The current water fountains at Lawrenceburg High School are broken with poor filtration systems. The water fountains are also inconvenient for the students and the school. The current water fountains are costing the school more money, because the filtration is not effective and water is lost. The old water fountains pose many threats such as making students sick from improper sanitation and not allowing the students to get the appropriate amount of water they need throughout the day. The students can be late to class trying to find water, which will cut into their learning time. “Access to free, potable, and appealing drinking water in schools is important because children spend substantial time in school settings, and students may come to school already dehydrated” (Pantel). This text explains the importance of having proper water fountains in school. Students and faculty at Lawrenceburg High School need new water fountain, because it will be very beneficial to the school as a whole.
Drinking water is a necessary activity for human’s life. The aim of this research was to identify habits of international students with the hypothesis was the drinking water habits of overseas students change when they come to Australia. In order to recognize the drinking water habits of international students, the questionnaire