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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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

recycling, water conservation, reusing, water pollution, wastewater, water filtration, water treatment, habitats, irrigation, nutrients, drinking water, fertilizers, san francisco, droughts, california

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

Use during a unit on conservation, or when preparing for Earth Day
Have kids research the wastewater treatment facilities in their own towns
A good interdisciplinary lesson for science and language arts skills

Pros

Comes with an answer key for the comprehension questions
Versatile for multiple levels of readers

Cons

Contains a lot of text on each page, which may cause difficulty for some learners

Common Core

View 27,221 other resources for 2nd - 4th Grade Science