Everyone chatters about their first visit to the local creek near their school. They have returned with drawings and observations. They had spotted a few fish, some crayfish, and a lot of plants and stones. As the teacher quiets the children she slowly moves toward the door. Questions flow like the creek they just visited.
Someone notices the applications for employment on the table.
The children are aware of the need for clean water for all, but a little stream like ours didn't seem to be that important to the big picture. Some of the children wanted to know where the creek went, and how it started. Some others wanted to know how you would know how to tell how clean a river was. The teacher stopped the class when more questions were asked than answered. All hands shot up.