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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Be Water Wise!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Rally your administration and facilities manager to let your class examine the water flow rates in different areas of the school. After the audit, the class researches opportunites for conserving water and writes a report or develops a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Drip and Drop's Adventure

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars determine ways of conserving water and write a Big Book about them. In this water conservation lesson plan, students participate in a puppet show about Drip and Drop, and ways to conserve water. They write a book that...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

WATER HERE AND THERE

For Teachers K - 2nd
Introduce the topic of water conservation with a little drama. Dressed as snowflakes, hail stones, or rain drops class members dramatize the events in a narration of the water cycle. The series of lessons that follow focus on...
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Curated OER

Selecting the Tap: Water Safety

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Examine water as a scarce natural resource instead of taking it for granted. Middle schoolers identify the traits of potable water, and research local water sources to determine if they are impaired or not.
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PPT
Curated OER

A History of the Conservation in the United States

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Any student interested in the natural resources should be engaged by this PowerPoint. It gives many details and examples of problems associated with resource management. The regulations and protocols established to help with the...
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Worksheet
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Recycled Water: A Smart Way to Reuse Water

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Learn about wastewater and recycled water with a science reading activity. After learners finish a two-page passage about conserving the water supply, they answer six comprehension questions about what they have read.
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Worksheet
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Hetch Hetchy: The Story of San Francisco's Water

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
How did San Francisco supply enough water for its residents over the last two centuries? Learn about droughts and water conservation in California, as well as specific historical events that led to the water system today. Kids read two...
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Worksheet
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

What is Groundwater? Our Underground Water Supply

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Learn about the consequences of groundwater with a lesson about the different ways California handles water conservation and pollution. After reading a passage about the water table, learners apply what they have read to six...
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Worksheet
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

What is Drought? No Rain, No Water

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
How can climate change affect our water supply? Have kids read a passage about the water cycle and water conservation, which includes six questions that challenge them to use context clues.
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Lesson Plan
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Teachers' Guide to Using A Day In the Life of a Drop

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Hydrology hopefuls learn about their local watershed. Through discussion and online interactives, they see that their habits affect the water supply. The activity concludes with a pledge to filter out bad water usage habits. It makes a...
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Interactive
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Word Scramble

For Students 4th - 8th
Practice vocabulary and key concepts in the basics of water conservation with a quick online fill-in-the-blank word scramble. Use the context of the sentence and the scrambled word to determine the correct word to complete the concept. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

When Are We Wasting Water

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study water conservation. In this water conservation instructional activity, students participate in a water conservation experiment. Students discover how to conserve water while washing their hands.
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PPT
Curated OER

Water Facts: Conservation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
How much water does the average person use? Provide an answer to this big question with the help of this slide show presentation. The amount of water used for specific daily tasks is shown alongside several simple conservation tips. Tip:...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Think Before You Drink

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the different water issues facing society today. In this environmental science lesson, students research about water treatment methods. They brainstorm ways to conserve water.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pollution is Not a Solution

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the environment by completing science worksheets in class. In this water conservation lesson plan, students identify ways water is used in our society and how we abuse the privilege. Students discuss methods to reduce...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Conservation

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore types of water reserves. In this water conservation instructional activity, students brainstorm ways water are used in their homes. Students use a graduated cylinder to simulate the amount of water on Earth and the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Great Lakes at Stake

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore conservation of the Great Lakes. In this geography and ecology lesson, students identify the Great Lakes on a map and view a video depicting the history and importance of these lakes. Students work in groups to research...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Have We Done?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the effect of dams on the ecosystem. In this environmental lesson, students read case studies on the Aswan Dam and the Colorado River Basin and construct a T-chart to compare the effects on the region.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Conservation

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars identify ways to conserve water. For this environmental lesson, students use a water use checklist to identify how much water they use in one day. Young scholars analyze the data and brainstorm ways to conserve water.
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Lesson Plan
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Measure It Up!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the states that water may take. In this physical science lesson, students read the book, Water: Up, Down, and All Around and recall the states of water from the book. Students examine how water takes the shape of its...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"Water is Life" Global Water Awareness

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine and calculate the percentage of potable water remaining on the earth. In this ecology and geography lesson plan, students brainstorm the main factors affecting water distribution. Students use mathematical problem...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Environmental Issues

For Students 5th - 6th
In this environmental issues worksheet, students respond to 14 different types of questions divided into 3 sections. First, they define global warming and give an example of what they can do to slow it. Then, students define 4 terms...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Water Conservation Sprinkles

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this environment worksheet, students learn about saving water by completing the activities on 8 pages of the full color newsletter. Students read stories, play a water game, color, make a bookmark and complete a maze.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Waterdrops

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students learn the importance of water conservation by completing 6 pages in the color newsletter. Students list ways their school could save water, read cartoon tips for home water conservation and complete a...