Water on Earth
Along the banks of the Maxwelton Creek students participate in a hands-on lab where they calculate and measure how much usable water there is on Earth. Students create a water web and experience how changes to the water’s quality impacts all the members of the water web.
Water on Earth Lesson Plan
Location: Stream access point
Grades: 1-4
Objectives: Students will estimate and calculate the amount of usable fresh water available on Earth, create a water web to illustrate how all living things are dependent on water and the interdependence among water users in the stream ecosystem and distinguish between direct and indirect uses of water.
Learning Standards:
NGSS: ESS2.C: Earth Systems: The Roles of Water in Earth’s Surface Processes
ESE Standard 2: The Natural and Built Environment
Materials: usable water bucket with 14 ropes attached, globe, 6 water lab kits: liter bottle, four containers with colored dots on the bottom of the containers, pipette, petri dish, salt, 5 gallon bucket, 24 water bottles
Lesson Updates
Marie’s Glacier and Ice Cap Addition
Fill liter water bottles to the indicated line, and remember to have a backup set filled for easier transition between groups
Bring an extra bench to set your props and instructor lab kit on
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