Teachers will learn how to conduct these lessons in their classrooms. Students ponder fish and fishing and hear Old Reddy Drum , a delightful tale from Suzanne Tate's Nature Series. Students observe that muddy water blocks sunlight. They consider how soil might get into water and infer the effects on underwater grasses and animals. After a discussion of storms and adaptations to seasonal changes, everyone sings about Salty Seagull.
Ideas appear in a slide show and students model molluscs filtering water.
All try to meet the challenge to find behavior to protect the Bay. They hear a true story, A River Ran Wild , of a community restoring the health of their river. Where It Will Be -Students simulate the movement of water in, around, and through our Earth in the Incredible Journey activity. Afterwards, the class checks the accuracy of their predictions. Groups construct and use a mini water treatment plant to treat dirty water.