Environment: Sustaining Our World (6-8)
What can we do to promote responsible use of all resources?
Photo Credit: Repetition by Alessandro Baffa is licensed under CC by 2.0
This lesson raises the learners’ awareness of water quality, water treatment, and responsible management of water resources around the world. The learners’ experiment with a natural water filtration process. They write a safe water pledge and may choose to sign it indicating action they will personally take to assure sustainable, safe water. They write persuasive pieces to share their knowledge of issues around safe drinking water.
This lesson raises the learners’ awareness of water quality, water treatment, and responsible management of water resources around the world. Learners explore the issue of safe water accessibility and discuss responsibilities of a global citizen to assure all people have safe drinking water.
The learners experiment with a natural water filtration process. They review the water cycle and come to an understanding about the need to sustain the quality of the world's water for the common good.
The students will write a "Safe Water" pledge and may choose to sign it indicating action they will personally take to assure sustainable, safe water. They will create persuasive products to share their knowledge of issues around safe drinking water.
Photo Credit: Flint River by Sarah Razak is licensed under CC BY 2.0