Lesson Ideas for Teaching Children About Water Quality
The month of August is known as Water Quality Month. Include lesson plans,
activities, and crafts into your daily lesson plans which encourage
students to appreciate the environment in which they live and help them
learn the importance of good water quality.
Field Trip
Take students on a field trip to a nearby water treatment facility.
Students will learn how water is filtered and recycled into the
environment.
Crafts
Include games, activities, and crafts that help reinforce your lessons.
Encourage children to create habitats, build aquariums, and develop
poster board presentations which demonstrate the water cycle. Instruct
students to create seashore collages, construct rainbows from melted
crayons or tissue paper squares, and “paint” with colored sand.
Test Water Quality
How clean is the water in your home or classroom? Test your water quality using a water test kit.
Show videos which teach children the importance of good water quality.
Check in your local libraries, school media centers, and online for good
quality videos. PBS Teacher provides great teacher resources.
Websites: PBS Teacher and Lesson Planet
PBS Teacher
provides a wealth of resources for teachers and students. Teachers will
find complete units containing detailed lesson plans which outline
learning objectives. The site provides a complete list of materials,
class organization tips for teaching the unit, a detailed lesson plan,
student hand-outs, rubrics, and assessments. The unit on water quality
provides teachers with eight separate lesson plans and links to great
videos to aid in instruction. PBS Teacher provides everything teachers
need to develop complete instructional units which satisfies state
standards and provides quality instruction which makes learning fun for
both students and teachers. The site is free to use.
Lesson Planet
is another site which provides teachers with good quality lesson plans.
Teachers can access state standards from the site. Simply click on
“standards”, and then choose a state. Lesson plan ideas are provided for
all grade levels from Preschool through higher education. Lesson are
ranked based on the “five star” system. Teachers may browse the site for
ideas, but membership is required to access complete units and lesson
plans. The cost is low and Lesson Planet generally offers the first
month or two for free. Teachers can easily cancel their subscription at
any time.
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