Earth and Environmental Science · Week 11 · Water in the Desert
Saving Every Drop
Teams design a water saving solution for school landscaping and build on each other's ideas.
- Students will
- Students construct an explanation and design a campus water saving solution that meets criteria, explaining how it reduces human impact on water resources.
- SEL skill
- Build on a teammate's idea by adding something specific and giving credit
- What it looks like
- Students practice connection and communication by building on each other's ideas.
- Content focus
- Saving every drop
- Format
- Small group problem-solving
Relationship skills
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What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- HS-ESS3-4: High School Earth and Space Science performance expectation
- Science and engineering practice: SEP6 Constructing explanations and designing solutions
- Crosscutting concept: CCC2 Cause and effect
- CA Environmental Principles and Concepts: Principle V: Decisions affecting resources and natural systems are complex and involve many factors
- Literacy in science: WHST.11-12.7 Conduct short and sustained research projects to answer a question or solve a problem.
- Traditional course: Earth and Environmental Science
Fits these textbook chapters
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