Open learners' eyes to the challenge of finding safe drinking water – something we often take for granted in our country. The PowerPoint presentation includes images, graphs, diagrams, and even a video to stimulate discussion on how we use and can conserve this precious natural resource. Afterward, small groups work together to analyze color-coded maps and graphs of water use data.

Concepts

water conservation, conservation, water, drinking water, freshwater

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Additional Tags

water conservation, drinking water, freshwater, science

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Pros

• Lesson plan comes with extension ideas, links to additional resources, worksheets, and printable maps and graphs
• Additional teacher's notes are written in the PowerPoint presentation
• Raises awareness of the global freshwater issue
• Designed to meet Next Generation Science Standards

Cons

• None