Introduce The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna Cole. Explain that the Waterworks is a place where people are trained to clean the water for us. Read the book to the class. Return to pages 20 through 29 to explain more clearly with the use of the pictures. Talk about the workers that do different jobs at the Waterworks.
Language Use the steps of water treatment to write a sequence story.
Teacher provides the words and students draw a picture. Math Go on an outdoor scavenger hunt to collect objects that might make our water dirty. Assign things to find using numbers. Social Studies Invite a speaker from the local water utility company to speak and answer questions about our water. Art Collect objects from the school grounds to make a class collage of dirty water using a large sheet of blue paper to represent the water.