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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
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Unit Guide
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Unit Resource List
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NGSS Correlations Chart
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Water Unit Roadmaps
Unit Nonfiction Books
The Water Cycle
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Single-sided book
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Double-sided book
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Accessible book
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Book Quiz
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Digital
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Single-sided book
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Double-sided book
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Accessible book
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Book Quiz
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Digital
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Single-sided book
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Double-sided book
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Accessible book
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Book Quiz
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Digital
Lesson Resources
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Nonfiction Book Teacher's Guide
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Discussion Cards
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Blank Discussion Cards
Project-Based Learning Packs
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PBL Overview
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SAZ Journal (5-6)
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Teacher Rubric - Individual, 3-6
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Teacher Rubric - Team, 3-6
A Working Water Cycle
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PBL Project Organizer - Water
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PBL Teaching Tips - Water
Interactive Science Lessons
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Interactive Science Lesson Teacher's Guide
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Teaching Tips
Process Activities
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Process Activity Materials Lists - All 5-6 units
Settling and Sedimentation
FOCUS Books
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FOCUS Book Teacher's Guide
Water for the People
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Single-sided
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Double-sided
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Teaching Tips
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Digital
Hailstorms
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Single-sided
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Double-sided
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Teaching Tips
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Digital
Life in the Current
mid
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Single-sided
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Double-sided
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Teaching Tips
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Digital
The Cryosphere
mid
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Single-sided
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Double-sided
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Teaching Tips
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Digital
Tsunami!
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Single-sided
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Double-sided
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Teaching Tips
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Digital
Supporting Materials
Investigation Packs
Properties of Watersheds
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Complete Investigation Pack
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Investigation Pack Teacher's Guide
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I.File Response Sheet
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I.Files Teaching Tips
I.Files
Mississippi Watershed
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Mystery File
Science Fair Resources
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Science Fair Teacher's Guide (5-6)
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Science Fair Student Guide
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Science Fair Rubric
Science Fair Project Ideas
Debates
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Debate Teacher's Guide Intermediate (3-6)
Science Videos
In the Zone
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Discussion Questions
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Video
Melting Ice (no audio)
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Discussion Questions
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Video
Show Me the Water
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Discussion Questions
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Video
Tsunami Strike: Japan
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Discussion Questions
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Video
Water Harvesting
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Discussion Questions
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Teaching Tips
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Video
Water, Water, Everywhere!
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Discussion Questions
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Video
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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Fiction Books
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Fiction Book Teacher's Guide
Reading A-Z Books
Violent Weather
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Single-sided
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Double-sided
Graphic Organizers
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All Intermediate Nonfiction Graphic Organizers
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All Intermediate Fiction Graphic Organizers
Retelling Rubrics
Nonfiction Retelling Rubric
Science Diagrams
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Science Diagram Teacher's Guide
Common Types of Precipitation
Freezing and Boiling Points of Water
Game Packs
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Game Pack Guide
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Blank Image Cards
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Game Boards
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Word Sort Placemat
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Wordo Board
Word Work
Crossword; Word Search; Fill in the Blank
Unit Nonfiction Books
El ciclo del agua
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Single-sided book
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Double-sided book
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Book Quiz
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Digital
mid
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Single-sided book
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Double-sided book
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Book Quiz
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Digital
high
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Single-sided book
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Double-sided book
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Book Quiz
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Digital
Book Assembly
