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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.
Unit Nonfiction Books

The Water Cycle
low- Single-sided book
- Double-sided book
- Book Quiz
- Digital
- Single-sided book
- Double-sided book
- Book Quiz
- Digital
- Single-sided book
- Double-sided book
- Book Quiz
- Digital
Lesson Resources
- Nonfiction Book Teacher's Guide
- Discussion Cards
- Blank Discussion Cards
Project-Based Learning Packs
Interactive Science Lessons

Process Activities
FOCUS Books

Water for the People
low- Single-sided
- Double-sided
- Teaching Tips
- Digital

Hailstorms
mid- Single-sided
- Double-sided
- Teaching Tips
- Digital

Life in the Current
mid- Single-sided
- Double-sided
- Teaching Tips
- Digital

The Cryosphere
mid- Single-sided
- Double-sided
- Teaching Tips
- Digital

Tsunami!
high- Single-sided
- Double-sided
- Teaching Tips
- Digital
Supporting Materials
Investigation Packs
Properties of Watersheds
- Complete Investigation Pack
- Investigation Pack Teacher's Guide
- I.File Response Sheet
- I.Files Teaching Tips
I.Files




Mystery File

Caspian Sea
- Digital
Science Fair Resources
Science Videos

In the Zone
- Discussion Questions
- Video

Melting Ice (no audio)
- Discussion Questions
- Video

Show Me the Water
- Discussion Questions
- Video

Tsunami Strike: Japan
- Discussion Questions
- Video

Water Harvesting
- Discussion Questions
- Teaching Tips
- Video

Water, Water, Everywhere!
- Discussion Questions
- Video
Career Files

Hydrologist; Irrigation Specialist; Water Treatment Plant Operator
- Digital
Quick Reads
























Fiction Books

Reading A-Z Books
Graphic Organizers
Science Diagrams

Cloud Types
- Digital

Common Types of Precipitation
- Digital

Freezing and Boiling Points of Water
- Digital

The Water Cycle
- Digital

Water Molecule
- Digital
Game Packs