LESSONPLANTEMPLATE

Name:LeylaShill
TitleofLesson:WaterPollution
Grade:1st
STANDARDS
NOTE:NoNextGenerationScienceStandardswereapplicableatthefirstgradelevelduetothelimitednumberofstandards.
ArizonaStateStandard:Science
Grade1
Strand6:EarthandSpaceScience
Concept1:PropertiesofEarthMaterials
PO5:Identifywaystoconservenaturalresources(e.g.,reduce,reuse,recycle,findalternatives).
ArizonaStateStandard:SocialStudies
Grade:1
Strand4:Geography
Concept2:PlacesandRegions
PO4:Discussthewaysplaceschangeovertime.
LESSONSUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Thisfirstgradelessonwillfocusonwaterpollutionaswellaswaterconservation.Inthislesson,studentswillbe
askedtocreatewaterpollutioninanexperiment.Aftertheypollutethewater,theywillhavetotrytoundothepollution.
Fromtheexperiment,studentswilllearnthatthewaterwillnotbecleanlikeitwasbeforetheypolluteditandtheimportance
ofkeepingwaterclean.
Thistopicisrelevanttosustainabilitybecauseitteachesstudentstotakecareofthevaluableresourcesthatwehave
beforewerunoutofwater.Itshowsstudentshowtheiractions,positiveornegative,effecttheenvironment.Studentswillbe
abletoseefirsthandwhatwaterpollutionlookslike,andhowtheycanbechangeagentstokeepwaterpollutionhappeningin
theirarea.Inthislesson,studentswillalsobegintounderstandtheimportanceofconservingthelimitedamountofcleanwater
wehavefrombecomingpolluted,anditwillserveasastartingpointforthenextandfinallessonofthisunit.
OBJECTIVES
SWBATidentifybehaviorsthatcontributetowaterpollutionandwaterconservationbycreatingwaterpollution.
SWBATdiscussthewaysplaceschangeovertimebycomparingandcontrastingthewaterbeforeandafterwaterpollution.
ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
IwillusetheWaterPollutionExperimentWorksheetandtheConserveWaterWorksheettoassessandevaluatemy
students.IwillusetheWaterPollutionExperimentWorksheettoevaluatemystudentsduringtheexperimenttomakesure
theyunderstandthedifferencesbetweencleanandpollutedwater.Wewillalsodiscusshowthewaterchangedovertime,but
howitwasdifficulttochangeitback.Thiswillhelpassessifstudentsmetthesocialstudiesstandard.TheConserveWater
Worksheetwillbeusedtoassesswaysthatstudentscandotohelpconserveuseablewaterandmeetthesciencestandard.
PREREQUISITEKNOWLEDGE
Posethequestiontostudents,whataresomethingswehavelearnedaboutwatersofar?Makealistontheboard.
Keypoints:
Waterisimportant.
Waterisarenewableresource.
Usablewaterislimited(only1%ofearthswaterisusable).
MATERIALS
Book:OilSpill!ByMelvinBerger

1bucketortubfilled2/3withcleanwaterpergroup
1traypergroup
1tongspergroup
1strainerpergroup
1cupofsoilpergroup
Householdtrashforeachgroup(trashidea:bananapeel,sodacans,candywrappers,tissues,Styrofoampieces)
Vegetableoil
1WaterPollutionExperimentWorksheetforeachstudent
1ConservingWaterWorksheetsforeachstudent(haveextraforstudentswhowanttocompletemorethanone)

VOCABULARY/KEYWORDS
Pollution:(v.)tomakeunclean,especiallywithharmfulchemicalsorwaste.
Conserve:(v.)tosave
TEACHINGPROCEDURES
ProceduralSteps(Stepbystepinstructionsforteachingthelesson):

Gatherstudentsbackgroundknowledgebyposingthequestiontostudents,whataresomethingswehavelearned
aboutwatersofar?Makealistontheboard.Keypoints:Waterisimportant,Waterisarenewableresource,and
Usablewaterislimited(only1%ofearthswaterisusable).
SayWearegoingtolearnaboutwaterpollution.Whatispollution?Whatdoesitmeanifwaterispolluted?Whatis
theoppositeofpolluting(conserving)?
Explainwhatpollutionandconservemean.Explainthatbothwordsareactionwords(verbs).Itissomethingyoudo.
Askstudentsiftheycanundowaterpollution.
GiveeachstudentaWaterPollutionExperimentWorksheet.
Giveeachgroupabucketortubfilled2/3withcleanwater,andatraythatcontainstongs,strainer,cupofsoil,and
householdtrash.Explainthatthewatertheyhaveiscleanwater,andtheycoulddrinkthewateriftheywantedto.
HavestudentsanswerquestiononeontheWaterPollutionExperimentWorksheet.
Askstudentstoputthetrashandsoilinthewateroneatatime.
Goaroundandaddoiltoeachgroupswater.Tellstudent
HavestudentsanswerquestiontwoontheWaterPollutionExperimentWorksheet.
Tellstudentstheywillbeundoingthewaterpollutionusingthetongsandstrainer.Theycanputanythingtheytake
outofthewaterontothetray.Givestudentsabout1015minutestowork.
Askthestudents,wasanyoneabletomaketheirwatercleanagain?
ReadthebookOilSpill!byMelvinBerger
Askthestudentswhowasaffectedbytheoilspill?Whatweresomeofthewaystheytriedtocleantheoilspill?
Whydoyouthinkitimportanttopreventwaterpollution?Afterreadingthisbook,whataresomewaysyoucould
bettercleanyourpollutedwater?
Weknowthatthewaterwecanuseislimited,andonlyonepercentofearthswaterisusable.Whywoulditbe
importanttoconserveourusablewater?Whichwaterwouldyouratherdrink,thecleanwaterorthepollutedwater?
Whatifallofourusablewaterbecamepolluted?Youwouldhavetodrinkthepollutedwaterinordertosurvive.
Howcanwekeepouruseablewaterfrombecomingpollutedsowecanstillhavecleanwater?Whataresomethings
youcandoathomeoratschooltohelpconservewaterfrombecomingpolluted?
HavestudentscompletetheConserveWaterWorksheet
Havestudentssharewiththeclasssomewaysthattheycameupwiththattheycandotohelpconservewater.
Whyisitimportanttonotpollute?Sharewithapartnersomethingthatyoulearnedfromthislesson.Aftershort
discussionwiththeirpartner,callonastudentfromeachgrouptosharewhattheylearnedwiththeclass.

RESOURCES
Bonds,A.(n.d.).ConservingWater.RetrievedMay5,2015,from
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/ConservingWater919097

ExperimentCanYouUndoWaterPollution?(2010,April21).RetrievedMay4,2015,from
http://gironlife.blogspot.com/2010/04/experimentcanyouundowaterpollution.html
Pollute.(n.d.).TheAmericanHeritageStedman'sMedicalDictionary.RetrievedMay05,2015,fromDictionary.comwebsite:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pollute

WAYSOFTHINKINGCONNECTION
In this first grade lesson students will mainly be asked to demonstrate strategic thinking. Strategic thinking means
being able to develop a strategy or plan to achieve a particular vision. During this lesson, students will conduct an experiment
in which they will try and undo water pollution. They will start strategic thinking when they will be asked to how they can
undo the water pollution and to clean the water. Then, they will further demonstrate strategic thinking, as they will come up
with three ways that they can help prevent water pollution from happening. Students will also be asked to think of ways they
can conserve the limited amount of clean water that we have.