Students' Assessment Students complete a written assessment of what they know regarding water. With the information gained from the assessment, the teacher can plan an approach to the curriculum.
Students categorize pictures of water and design a collage.
Students' Preparation Students prepare for Unit 4 by forming cooperative groups, creating a unit journal, and planting seeds in milk cartons. The class listens to and interprets The Woman Who Outshone the Sun , by Rosalma Zubizarreta, Harriet Rohmer, and David Schecter. Students begin to locate news articles on water issues and to post them in class for use in future lessons. Water cycles through living and nonliving things. Through a demonstration, students conclude that the amount of usable fresh water on Earth is limited.