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"Water
Conservation" Lesson Plan
Keywords: water
Use, wasted water, water-wise ways
Prepared by: Chad Packer, Bald Eagle Area School District
Lesson Plan
Grade Level: second grade
Total Time Required
for Lesson: 60 minutes (two days, 30 minutes each day)
Setting: classroom
Subject Covered:
science
Topics: water
conservation
Goals for the Lesson
- Students will describe
how they use water at home.
- Students will tell
possible ways of wasting water at home.
- Students will learn
how to conserve water at home.
Materials Needed
State Standards Addressed:
Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources (4.2)
Teaching Model:
Focus - Explore - Reflect - Apply Learning Cycle (National Science
Resource Center; National Academy of Science & Smithsonian Institute,
1992)
Focus
Have students use their
Water Use Checklist to write down the different ways that they use
water at home. Try to have every student write five ways they use
water at home. Discuss and share the checklist.
Explore
Have students take home
Average Daily Water Use Tally to record how water is being used
in the home. The students will mark a tally for every time water
is used in the home (toilet, faucet, bathtub, shower, wash clothes
or dishes, drink, water lawn or car).
Reflect
Have students discuss
how water was being used in their homes and how much. Ask them what
it means to waste water or to use it excessively. After discussion
you could have students take Average Daily Water Use Tally home
again and make notes on if water is being wasted or used excessively.
Another discussion could be done on how to be Water-Wise. Have the
students discuss ways to conserve water after the experiences of
observing how water was being used in their homes.
Apply
Have students make posters
for display on how to conserve water. They will use their ideas
from discussions and observations in their home for how water is
wasted and how it can be conserved.
Wrapping Up the Lesson
All students will share
poster with the class and also try to incorporate what was learned
at home.
Assessment
- The students will
be assessed on having five ways they knew they used water at home.
- They will also need
to complete an Average Daily Water Use Tally and discuss ways
of how water was wasted and how it can be conserved. The final
assessment will be if their poster reflects that observations
of wasting water were made and ways to conserve were shown.
References
Dorham, Joy R., William
E. Sharpe, and Sanford S. Smith (2001). The
4-H Water Project Unit 1, Water Conservation with the Water Lion.
University Park, Pa.: The Pennsylvania State University.
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