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Teacher: Sisely Hatch
Content & Title:
Grade Level: 3
Water Conservation
Standards:
PO 5. Describe how environmental factors (e.g., soil composition, range of temperature, quantity and quality of
light or water) in the ecosystem may affect a member organisms ability to grow, reproduce, and thrive.
Objectives (Explicit & Measurable):
After reading the book Should I Save Water, completing a worksheet on How Much Water is Used,
and calculating their own Water Footprint Calculator, students will be able to I
The term conservation is misunderstood. People often think of conservation as just cutting back
on water use, when its also about the efficiency in doing what we want but with less water use.
quantity)
1. Book
2. Water footprint worksheet
3. Product Life Cycle worksheet
4. Posters
5. Markers/Color pencils
6. Laptops/Tablets
(All worksheets attached to the bottom of
the lesson plan)
Engage - In this section you should activate prior knowledge, hook student
attention, pose a question (IQ#1) based on your lesson objective that students
will seek to answer in Explore.
Teacher Will: (hook)
Students Will:
When I begin the lesson of study I will clarify the purpose and learning goals
Classroom discussion so students can learn from eachother
Explore - In this section students should take the lead and actively use materials
to discover information that will help them answer the question posed in
Engage. Teachers may choose to give steps to follow, especially for younger students,
but the goal is for students to discover some or all of the sub-objectives of the lesson.
Teacher Will: (pose IQ #1)
Students Will: (list all steps)
Students will get into groups and read How Much Water
Does it Take
Participate in the conversation
After looking at a jeans product life cycle students will add
up the amount of liters used
Students will participate in the question of which step in the
cycle used the most amount of water?
Explain In this section students share what they discovered, teacher connects
student discoveries to correct content terms/explanations, students
articulate/demonstrate a clear and correct understanding of the lesson sub-objectives
by answering the question from Engage before moving on.
Teacher Will:
Students Will:
Elaborate In this section students take the basic learning gained from Explore and
clarified in Explain and apply it to a new circumstance or explore a particular aspect of
this learning at a deeper level. Students should be using higher order thinking in this
stage. A common practice in this section is to ask a What If? question. IQ #2
Teacher Will: (pose IQ #2)
Students Will:
**Best Practices List the Best Teaching Practices you will use to enhance
the learning outcomes. In each section where prompted, list the best
practice, how the practices will be used and the purpose.