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Water
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Water

Water is one of Earth's most important resources and covers three-quarters of Earth's surface. An appreciation for and understanding of Earth's water is important for students as consumers of this critically important resource. This unit explores the water cycle and the changes water undergoes as it moves through this cycle as well as the effects these changes have on Earth.

Overview Resources

Unit Nonfiction Books

The Water Cycle

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Lesson Resources

Project-Based Learning Packs

A Working Water Cycle

Process Activities


Settling and Sedimentation

Water Collage

Water Cycle Model

FOCUS Books

Supporting Materials

Show Me Only
Activities
Additional Reading
Comprehension Support
Vocabulary

Investigation Packs

I.Files

New
Mississippi Watershed
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New
Amazon Watershed
mid
New
Nile Watershed
mid
New
Yangtze Watershed
high

Mystery File

Science Videos

Melting Ice (no audio)
Tsunami Strike: Japan
Water, Water, Everywhere!

Career Files

Hydrologist; Irrigation Specialist; Water Treatment Plant Operator

Quick Reads

Dams, Levees, and Dikes
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Dams, Levees, and Dikes
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Dams, Levees, and Dikes
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Ice Sheets and Ice Caps
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Ice Sheets and Ice Caps
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Ice Sheets and Ice Caps
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Water Around the House
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Water Around the House
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Water Around the House
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Water Pollution
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Water Pollution
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Water Pollution
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Fiction Books

Molly Q's Adventure
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Molly Q's Adventure
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Molly Q's Adventure
high

Reading A-Z Books

Violent Weather - Level Z

Retelling Rubrics

Nonfiction Retelling Rubric
Fiction Retelling Rubric

Science Diagrams

Freezing and Boiling Points of Water
Types of Precipitation

Anticipation Set

Activity Sheet

Water Cycle

Vocabulary Cards

Word Work

Crossword; Word Search; Fill in the Blank

Book Assembly

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