Water Guide
UNIT ONE - WATER IN OUR COMMUNITIES

Unit One Goal: The students will explore the nature of water in their area and its source and share their findings.

Objective One:
The students will measure, record and graph the daily amount of rainfall in their area.
Time allowance for activities:
Two class periods: One period will be to introduce and give explanation. Then the children should be appointed to gather the data daily. A second class period will include the graphing activity.
Materials:
rain gauge, graph worksheet (appendix), pencils

Activities:

Activities Curriculum
Connections
1. The class will need a rain gauge or some way to measure the rainfall. Each day, one or two children should be in charge of reading the gauge, recording the information and reporting (graphing) the findings. Be sure to pour the rain out after recording it. MA 3.11, 3.15C
SC 3.2B, 3.4A
2. Graph the findings. Either have each child make a graph or make one class graph. Discuss the way in which the water is measured (i.e. centimeters, inches, etc.) How does that compare to the way in which other children in the project are measuring theirs? (The teacher may want to encourage the students to measure in both centimeters and inches to be able to compare with other participants). MA 31.4A, 3.14B, 3.14C
TA 7B
LA 3.12J, 3.12H, 3.12E, 3.4A, 3.9I
SC 3.2C, 3.2E, 3.7A

Evaluation:

The students will be evaluated based upon the graphs they construct and their oral discussions. SC 3.2D
LA 3.4A, 3.4B, 3.9A

 

Water Guide with Curriculum Connections
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