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Water Education
Text Set: A DropOf Water
Lesson One
Lesson Two
Choiceboard
Games and Water Info
“Over the past quarter-century, global water problems have continued to escalate. Every day, the quality and quantity of water resources affect the health and well-being of nearly seven billion people on the planet. Yet one in eight do not have access to clean and abundant water. Water education has never been more critical. As schools, homes and businesses “go green,” water education has a major role to play. Through water education, individuals:
•identify their watershed address. •discover their role in the hydrological cycle.•Use environmental inquiry to discover ways we can protect our water •recognize that water knows no boundaries—flowing through and
connecting us all.
Our future is tightly bound to water. Global water issues must be addressed through greater public involvement at all socio-economic levels, among all water users and across all borders. People must be provided a deeper understanding of our complex environmental issues and the skills necessary to undertake the challenges of this century. Sustainable water management is crucial to secure social and economic stability, as well as a healthy environment – achievable only as a result of cooperation and a commitment to education……………………
Water covers more than 70%% percent of the Earth’s surface A picture of Earth, From space, shows it as a blue planet because of the
vast amount of water the continents we live on are really huge islands set in one vast sea
that flows around the globe Water sustains all life today Water cycles about endlessly Water makes up 65 percent of our bodies and connects us to this
endless cycle Our fresh water comes from lakes and rivers we depend on water we drink it we clean with it we cook with it we fish in it we eat from it we irrigate with it we transport on it we splash in it we like being near it
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we also pollute it…
A watershed is a precipitation collector
A watershed is the area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place.
Watersheds come in all shapes and sizes. They cross county, state, and national boundaries. In the continental US, there are 2,110 watersheds; including Hawaii Alaska, and Puerto Rico, there are 2,267 watersheds.
We all live in a watershed -- the area that drains to a common waterway, such as a stream, lake, estuary, wetland, aquifer, or even the ocean –
and our individual actions can directly affect it. Working together using a watershed approach will help protect our nation's water resources.
Posey County Watershed
• When looking at the location of rivers and the amount of streamflow in rivers, the key concept is the river's "watershed". What is a watershed? Easy, if you are standing on ground right now, just look down. You're standing, and everyone is standing, in a watershed. A watershed is the area of land where all of the water that falls in it and drains off of it goes into the same place. Watersheds can be as small as a footprint or large enough to encompass all the land that drains water into rivers that drain into Chesapeake Bay, where it enters the Atlantic Ocean. This map shows one set of watersheds in the continental United States; these are known as National 8-digit hydrologic units (watersheds).
• A watershed is an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet such as the outflow of a reservoir, mouth of a bay, or any point along a stream channel. The word watershed is sometimes used interchangeably with drainage basin or catchment. Ridges and hills that separate two watersheds are called the drainage divide. The watershed consists of surface water--lakes, streams, reservoirs, and wetlands--and all the underlying ground water. Larger watersheds contain many smaller watersheds. It all depends on the outflow point; all of the land that drains water to the outflow point is the watershed for that outflow location. Watersheds are important because the streamflow and the water quality of a river are affected by things, human-induced or not, happening
More info and activitieshttp://www.dcwater.com/kids/index.html
The Blue Planet
Scoot around the room and read each scenario (scenario cardsfollow this slide). You must give an alternative (better solution) for each scenario. Each of your solutions must be backed up with a FACT!Remember, you are wanting to protect our watershed, so allsolutions and facts should relate to conserving water and pro-tecting our watershed.
http://www.chnep.org/moreinfo/water_conservation_facts.htm
The hydrologic cycle begins with the evaporation of water from the surface of the ocean.
As moist air is lifted, it cools and water vapor condenses to form clouds.
Moisture is transported around the globe until it returns to the surface as precipitation.
Once the water reaches the ground, one of two processes may occur;
1) some of the water may evaporate back into the atmosphere or 2) the water may penetrate the surface and become groundwater. Groundwater either seeps its way to into the oceans, rivers, and
streams, or is released back into the atmosphere through transpiration. The balance of water that remains on the earth's surface is runoff,
which empties into lakes, rivers and streams and is carried back to the oceans, where the
cycle begins again.
WW 2010 University of Illinois
1.
You see your neighbor
watering their lawn every
day at 1:00.
2.
Your brother changes the oil in his 4-wheeler and dumps the old oil in the
woods.
3.
Your grandmother and grandfather run their
dishwasher every night with just a few dishes.
4.
Your father turns on the shower and shaves while
the shower water warms up to a desired temperature.
5.
You spot a leaky faucet in the bathroom.
6.
Your neighbor fills a baby pool each day for her baby to play in. At the end of the day, she dumps it on the
ground.
7.
Your older sister leaves the hose running (without a spray nozzle) while she washes her mustang.
8.
You see your neighbor burning plastic bottles and
detergent containers.
9.
A new house is going up in your community. You
observe that every tree is cut down on the property.
10.
Your teacher brings a flavored water drink to
school each day for her lunch. You ask her if the
bottle is a recycled one she fills each day and she says
no.
11.
Your parents buy individually bottled water
and keeps it in the refrigerator to drink each
day.
12.
You observe a chemical company using spray and fertilizer on the neighbor’s
lawn each month.
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Level 1reads
Level 2experiments
Level 3projects
Level 4projects
50 Simple ThingsKids can do to Save the Earth
Water Ed Podcast!Create a podcast about conservation of water and place it on our water education website.
Install Convince your parents to help you install a Rain Barrel or Water Saving Shower Head at your house
Ryan’s WellRead about one child’s efforts to make a difference for others!
Accordion BookCreate a water education accordion book for your 3rd or 6th grade buddy
Build a Bat HouseA bat house is a terrific alternative to pesticides. Try these free plans!
FREE CHOICE!Your choice of Water education reading from book, magazine, or website.
Reference required!
PosterCreate a water education and conservation poster
Adopt an Area in your Neighborhood!
Take a before and after picture of an area in need of attention. The after picture will show the results of YOU cleaning it up.
Adult permission and supervision required!
Reducing the Carbon Footprint
Read about how we live and how we affect the world’s climate
Free ChoiceYou decide the project and get the teacher’s approval!
Free ChoiceYou decide the project and get the teacher’s approval!
• How Trees Influence the Hydrological Cycle in Forest Ecosystems
• Miles, Betty, and Nelle Davis. Save the Earth: An Action Handbook for Kids. New York: Knopf, 1991. Print.
• Montez, Michele, and Lorraine Bodger. The New 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to save the Earth. Kansas City: Andrews McMeel Pub., 2009. Print.
• Wick, Walter. A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder. New York: Scholastic, 1997. Print.
• Plastiki An Adventure to Save Our Oceans. Harperstudio, 2010. Print.
• Water Facts
• Bert and Phil’s Water Busters Game
• Bert’s tips for saving water
• The Meter Reading Game
• Rain Barrels
• Water Fun!
