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GRADE LEVEL 3-6 SUBJECT AREAS • Environmental Science, Ecology SKILLS • Analyze, Interpret, Apply, Evaluate, Technology VOCABULARY Best management practice, conserve, conservation controlled-flow nozzle, erosion, evaporation, litter, mulch, native plants, protect potable, rain barrel, rainwater, runoff, soaker hose, storm drain, water treatment, watershed, wetland CONTENTS Measurable Objectives Background and Text Overview Vocabulary Activities • Water Detectives Activity and Answer Key Take Action! • Poster Items • Activities Assessments • Pretest/Posttest and Answer Key • Critical Thinking Questions • What Did I Learn? Online Quiz Answer Key Extensions Resources • Project WET Resources • Additional Student Resources • Additional Educator Resources MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES The learner will: • Recognize that everyone con- tributes to and is responsible for the quality and quantity of the water we share. • Analyze everyday actions to determine if they positively or negatively impact water quan- tity and/or quality. • Give examples of actions (best management practices) that individuals can take to pro- mote water conservation and protection. BACKGROUND AND TEXT OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION If we are such watery creatures living in a watery world, why do we need to use water wisely? It sounds like there is a lot of water. There is, but that same amount was here millions of years ago, and there are millions more people using it. By doing our part to use less wa- ter—conserve it, and keep water clean—protect it, the water we have available will go further. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES Methods recognized by water users to lessen harm to the environment that might result from their activities are called Best Management Practices (BMPs). For example, a BMP for conserving water is to turn off the faucet while brushing your teeth. A BMP for water protec- tion is to pick up pet waste so that it doesn’t flow into a river or stream. WATER CONSERVATION Conservation of water means using water-saving methods to reduce the amount of water con- sumed. Because most of us can get water easily (just by turning on the faucet), we may take it Use Water Wisely Why use less water? 1 DiscoverWater.org © 2011 Project WET Foundation

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  • GRADE LEVEL• 3-6

    SUBJECT AREAS• EnvironmentalScience,

    Ecology

    SKILLS• Analyze,Interpret,Apply,

    Evaluate,Technology

    VOCABULARYBestmanagementpractice,conserve,conservationcontrolled-flownozzle,erosion,evaporation,litter,mulch,nativeplants,protectpotable,rainbarrel,rainwater,runoff,soakerhose,stormdrain,watertreatment,watershed,wetland

    CONTENTSMeasurable Objectives

    Background and Text Overview

    Vocabulary

    Activities

    • WaterDetectivesActivityandAnswerKey

    Take Action!

    • PosterItems

    • Activities

    Assessments

    • Pretest/PosttestandAnswerKey

    • CriticalThinkingQuestions

    • WhatDidILearn?OnlineQuizAnswerKey

    Extensions

    Resources

    • ProjectWETResources

    • AdditionalStudentResources

    • AdditionalEducatorResources

    MEASURABLE OBJECTIVESThelearnerwill:

    • Recognizethateveryonecon-tributestoandisresponsibleforthequalityandquantityofthewaterweshare.

    • Analyzeeverydayactionstodetermineiftheypositivelyornegativelyimpactwaterquan-tityand/orquality.

    • Giveexamplesofactions(best

    managementpractices)thatindividualscantaketopro-motewaterconservationandprotection.

    BACKGROUND AND TEXT OVERVIEW

    INTRODUCTIONIfwearesuchwaterycreatureslivinginawateryworld,whydoweneedtousewaterwisely?Itsoundslikethereisalotofwater.Thereis,butthatsameamountwasheremillionsofyearsago,andtherearemillionsmorepeopleusingit.

    Bydoingourparttouselesswa-ter—conserveit,andkeepwaterclean—protectit,thewaterwehaveavailablewillgofurther.

    BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICESMethodsrecognizedbywateruserstolessenharmtotheenvironmentthatmightresultfromtheiractivitiesarecalledBestManagementPractices(BMPs).Forexample,aBMPforconservingwateristoturnoffthefaucetwhilebrushingyourteeth.ABMPforwaterprotec-tionistopickuppetwastesothatitdoesn’tflowintoariverorstream.

    WATER CONSERVATIONConservationofwatermeansusingwater-savingmethodstoreducetheamountofwatercon-sumed.Becausemostofuscangetwatereasily(justbyturningonthefaucet),wemaytakeit

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  • theyproduce(thatis,makingvanillafirstandthenchocolate),theysavedthousandsofgallonsofwater.

    BenjaminFranklinoncesaidweonlyworryaboutwaterwhenthewellrunsdry.That’sprobablytrueformostofus.Thereseemstobeenoughwater,sosome-timeswetakeitforgranted.Evenifyourcommunityisnotexperiencingawatershortagetoday,itmayinthefuture.Get-tingintothewaterconservationhabittodayisagoodideatopreparefortomorrow.Intimeswhenthereisplentifulrainfall,itisstillimportanttopracticewaterconservation.

    WATER PROTECTION Protectionofwatermeanskeep-ingthewaterwehaveclean.Howwetreatthelandisreflect-edinthequalityofthewater.Surfacesaroundusincludecities;farmsandranches;industriesandbusinesses;openspaces,wildliferefuges,parksandnatureareas;parkinglots;streetsandhighways;schools;andhomes.Maybeyou’veheardpeoplesaythatrainwashesthestreetsclean,buthaveyoueverthoughtaboutwherethatwaterendsup?Thesesurfacesoftencontainpol-lutantsthatarepickedupbytheflowofstormwater(waterthatfallsfromtheskyasrainorsnow)orotherwater(fromwashingcars,drainingpools,leakingpipes,etc.)andcanadverselyaf-fectthewaterquality.Waterthatfallsonthesesurfacescanmoveinoneofthreeways:itcansoakintothegroundifthesurfaceispermeableorrunoffifthesur-faceisimpermeable(doesnotallowwatertosoakin).Surfacerunoffmayeitherflowoverlandbeforedrainingdirectlyintoa

    riverorlake,orflowintoastormdrainandpipesandultimatelyendupinariver,lakeorwetland.

    Thecleanerwekeeptheland,thecleanerourwaterwillre-main.BestManagementPrac-ticestoprotectthecleanlinessofwaterofteninvolveouractionsontheland.

    ACTIVITIESWATER DETECTIVES ACTIVITYPleaseseeWater Detectives Activ-itystudentcopypage.

    WATER DETECTIVES ACTIVITY ANSWER KEYPleaseseeanswerkey

    TAKE ACTION!POSTER ITEMS1.Iwilltakeashortershowerto

    conservewater.

    2.Iwillwashthecarusingabucketandspongeinsteadofahosetosavewater.

    3.Iwilluseabroominsteadofahosetosweepthedrivewayorsidewalk.

    ACTIVITIES

    ASSESSMENTSPRETEST/POSTTESTBeforeyouvisittheUse Water Wisely UnitoftheDiscover Waterwebsite,takethefollowingquiztoseewhatstudentsalreadyknowaboutconservingandprotectingwater.Havestudentstakethesamequizagainasaposttesttomeasurelearning.

    PRETEST/POSTTEST ANSWER KEY

    1.True

    2.Alloftheabove

    3.Alloftheabove

    2

    forgrantedandusealot.Waterflowsfromitssource—suchasariverorwell—throughpipestowatertreatmentplantswhereitiscleaned.Fromthewatertreat-mentplant,itmovesthroughpipestoourhomes.Thenitflowsoutofourfaucetsondemand.Afterwaterswirlsdownthedrainorisflusheddownthetoilet,itflowstoawastewatertreatmentplantwhereitiscleanedbeforebeingreleasedintoariverorotherwatersource.

    WHY USE LESS?Waterconservationcansavemoney,helpsolveexistingwatershortageproblemsandhelpacommunityplanforthefuture.Watertreatmentcostsmoney.Itrequiresworkers,buildings,pipesandmaterialstocleanortreatthewater.Themorewaterweuse,themorewatermustbetreatedorcleanedandthatcostsmoney.Whencommunitiessuf-ferwatershortagesbecauseofdryweatherorsuddenpopula-tiongrowth,theycanincreasetheirwatersupplybybuildinglargerwatertreatmentplants,damsorpipesystemstobringwaterfromfaraway.However,acommunitymaynothavethemoneytotakethesesteps.Whatcancitizensdo?Theycanuselesswater.

    Waterconservationcanhelpsolvewatershortageproblems.Manybusinessesreducetheirwaterusebyrecyclingwaterandusingnewequipmentthatrequireslesswater.Manyfarm-ersandranchersareusingmoreefficientirrigationsystems.Waterconservationcanbeverycomplicated,butsometimesitissimple.Forexample,oneicecreamcompanyfoundthatbychangingtheorderoftheflavors

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  • 4.True

    5.True

    6.True

    7.Alloftheabove

    CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONSLEVEL 1Areyouawisewateruser?Whatcouldyoudotoconservemorewater?

    Answers may include discussion of some of the things students al-ready do to conserve water, as well as a few new ideas that they can adopt. Any of the actions from the Water Detectives Activity might be discussed here, as well as other ideas from students.

    LEVEL 2Whyuselesswater?

    Answers may include discussion about the cost of water and water shortages, as well as the idea that there are more and more people sharing the same quantity of water.

    LEVEL 3WhatisaBestManagementPractice(BMP)?ArethereplacesinyourlifewhereyouarenotcurrentlyusingBMP’sforwaterusethatyoucouldchange?How?

    Answers should include discussion of BMP’s from the Water Dectec-tives Activity, as well as other ideas from students, and discussion about how to change personal practices to adopt BMP’s.

    WHAT DID I LEARN? ONLINE QUIZ ANSWER KEY

    Q.Itisabestmanagementprac-ticetopickuppetwaste.

    A.True

    Q.Thebestplacetowashyourfamily’scarison:

    A.Thelawn

    Q.Anoilleakunderacarcanpollutewater.

    A.True

    Q.Ifyouneedtowashoneplateandfork,youshouldrunthedishwasher.

    A.False

    Q.ThereisapproximatelythesameamountofwateronEarthtodayastherewasamillionyearsago.

    A.True

    EXTENSIONSIdeasforwaystosupportandexpandlessonplansaboutthistopicorprovideadditionalac-tivitiesforadvancedlearners.

    • AskstudentstodrawapictureoftheirownhomeinsimilarstyletotheillustrationfromtheWater Detectives ActivityonlinedepictingWiseWaterUsingandWaterWastingpracticesthathappenathome.IfWaterWastingpracticesareidentified,askstudentstomakeaplantochangethosepractices.

    • EncouragestudentstosharetheWater Detectives Activityonlinewiththeirparentsanddiscuss(orwriteabout)aplanforthefamilytoadoptBestManagementPractices.

    RESOURCESPROJECT WET RESOURCESProjectWETKIDS(KidsinDiscoverySeries)Booklets

    • Conserve Water

    • Discover Bays and Estuaries

    • Discover California Coastal Ecosystems

    • Discover Coral Reefs

    • Discover Marine Mammals

    • Discover Ports & Harbors

    • Discover Recycling, Take Action!

    • Discover Storm Water

    • Discover the Colorado River

    • Discover the Hudson River

    • Discover the Missouri River

    • Discover the Red River

    • Discover the Waters of Nebraska

    • Discover the Waters of Nevada

    • Discover the Waters of Tennessee

    • Discovering Drought

    • Explore Oceans

    • Fish & Fishing

    • Healthy Water, Healthy People

    • The Water Story

    • Water, Every Drop Counts

    • Watershed Protection

    ProjectWETCurriculumandActivityGuide2.0Activities

    • 8-4-1, One for All

    • A Drop in the Bucket

    • Common Water

    • Money Down the Drain

    • My Water Footprint

    • Snow and Tell

    • Storm Water

    • Sum of the Parts

    • Super Bowl Surge

    • The Long Haul

    • The Price is Right

    • Virtual Water

    • Water Audit

    • Your Hydrologic Bank Account

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    http://store.projectwet.org/index.php/conserve-water-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/bays-estuaries-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/discover-california-coastal-ecosystem.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/discover-california-coastal-ecosystem.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/coral-reefs-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/marine-mammals-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/ports-harbors-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/discover-recycling.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/storm-water-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/colorado-river-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/hudson-river-water-games.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/missouri-river-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/red-river-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/discover-the-waters-nebraska.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/waters-nevada-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/discover-the-waters-of-tennessee.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/discover-the-waters-of-tennessee.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/drought-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/oceans-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/fish-fishing-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/healthy-water-healthy-people-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/water-story-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/water-every-drop-counts-kids-activity-booklet.htmlhttp://store.projectwet.org/index.php/watershed-protection-kids-activity-booklet.html

  • Heinhorst,SabineandGordonCannon.2004.Nature:“Water,Water,Everywhere,norAnyDroptoDrink.”Journal of Chemical Education,81(2),170-171.

    Marcello,JodySmothers.2007.“WhentheRiversRunDry.”Geography Teacher,4(1),18-19.

    Solis,Patricia.2005.“WaterasRuralHeritage:ReworkingModernitythroughResourceConflictinEdwardsCounty,Kansas.”Journal of Rural Studies,21(1),55-66.

    ADDITIONAL STUDENT RESOURCESCalhoun,Yael.2007.Water in the News.NewYork,NY:ChelseaHouse.

    Coombs,KarenMueller.1995.Flush!: Treating Wastewater.Min-neapolis,MN:Carolrhoda.

    Hollyer,Beatrice.2009.Our World of Water.NewYork,NY:HenryHoltandCompany.

    Olien,Rebecca.2005.Sources of Water.Manheto,MN.:CapstonePress.

    Spilsbury,Richard.2009.Manag-ing Water.Chicago,IL:Heine-mannLibrary.Examinewaterfromthemolecularlevelthroughitsimportanceinbiologicalprocessesandwhythisresourceisfinite.

    When the Water Tap Runs Dry.DVD.DirectedbyRonMeyer.NewYork,NY:AmbroseVideoPublishing,Inc.2009.

    ADDITIONAL EDUCATOR RESOURCESAraya,YosephNegusseandEdwardH.Moyer.2006.“GlobalPublicWaterEducation:TheWorldWaterMonitoringDayExperience.”Applied Environmental Education and Communication,5(4),263-267.

    Church,EllenBooth.2006.“KeeptheIdeasFlowingatYourWaterTable!IdeastoHelpChildrenGettoKnowH-2-O.”Early Childhood Today,20(4),4.

    Hall,Randy.2008.“ScienceSampler:Water-useAwareness.”Science Scope,31(7),62-66.

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  • WATER DETECTIVES ACTIVITYAsyoucompletetheonlineWater Detectives Activity,followalongusingthisworksheettoseeifyoucanfindandlist18BestManagementPractices(BMP)forWiseWaterUseandexplainwhyeachisaBMP.ForeachWaterWasteryoufind,writedownwhattheyaredoingwrong,andwhatBMPtheyshouldtrynexttimeinstead.

    Wise Water Users

    Best Management Practice How this BMP helps preserve or pro-tect water

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    Water Wasters

    How is this water user wasting water?

    What BMPs should this Water Waster try?

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  • WATER DETECTIVES ACTIVITY (ANSWER KEY)

    Wise Water Users - Best Management Practices

    Best Management Practice How this BMP helps preserve or pro-tect water

    1Washthecarusingabucketand

    spongeinsteadofahoseandonthegrassinsteadofthedriveway

    Usingabucketandspongesaveswaterwastedbyarunninghose.Thelawnallowsthesoapanddirttobefilteredintothegrassinsteadofflowinginto

    stormdrains.

    2 SweepthedrivewaywithabroominsteadofusingahoseUsingabroominsteadofahosetocleanthedrivewayorsidewalkssaveswater.

    3 CleanupafteryourpetCleaningupafteryourpetkeepswastefromenteringnearbystreamsandkeeps

    watercleaner.

    4 Tellyourparentsifyouseeanoilleakunderthecar

    Oilleaksdripontothepavement,andcanthenrunoffintostreamsandlakes

    whenitrains.Byfixingtheleak,youhelpkeepwatercleaner.

    5 Coversoilaroundtreeswithmulch Mulchhelpswatersoakintothesoilandhelpskeepwaterfromevaporating.

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    6 Useasoakerhoseinsteadofasprinkler

    Asoakerhosekeepsthewaterclosetothegroundsolessevaporatesinto

    theair.

    7 Useacontrolled-flownozzleonyourhose

    Acontrolled-flownozzleonthehoseallowsyoutoturnitonandoffor

    adjusttheflowasyouneedtorightatyourfingertips.

    8 FixaleakyfaucetAleakingfaucetcanwastealotofwater.Byaskingyourparentstofixleakingfaucets

    youareconservingwater.

    9 Turnoffthefaucetwhilebrushingyourteeth

    Turningoffthetapwhileyouaren’tusingthewatermakessenseandsaves

    water.

    10 Putalargeloadofdishesinthedishwasher

    Ifyouaregoingtousewaterandenergytowashaloadofdishes,washasmany

    asyoucanfit.

    11 Putalargeloadofclothesinthewashingmachine

    Ifyouaregoingtousewaterandenergytowashaloadofclothes,washasmany

    asyoucanfit.

    12 PuttrashinatrashcaninsteadoflitteringPuttingtrashinatrashcaninsteadoflitteringkeepsthetrashoutofstreams

    andlakesandkeepswatercleaner.

    13 Participateinariver,pondorhighwaycleanup

    Byhelpingremovegarbagefromrivers,pondsandhighwaysyouarekeeping

    yourwatercleaner.

    14 Planttreesandgrassesalongariverbank

    Grassesandtreesonthebanksofstreamsandlakeshelpprotecttheshorefromerosionandhelpkeepthewater

    cleaner.

    15 Helpkeepopenspacescleanbycol-lectingtrashalongtrailsandinparks

    Bypickinguptrashinparksandalongtrails,youarekeepingthetrashfrom

    endingupinstreamsorlakesandkeep-ingthewatercleaner.

    16 Cleanveggiesinabasinofwaterus-ingabrush

    Usingabrushandbasinofwatertowashveggiesuseslesswaterthana

    runningtap.

    17 StartaWatershedProtectionClubatschool

    BystartingaWatershedProtectionClub,youcanteachfriendsandfamilyabout

    conservingandprotectingwater.

    18 Usearainbarreltocollectrainwater Collectingrainwaterandusingittowa-teryourplantsconserveswater.

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    AnswerKey2of3

  • Water Wasters

    How is this water user wasting water?

    What BMPs should this Water Waster try?

    1Wateringthesidewalkandstreet Makingsurethatthesprinklerisactually

    wateringplantsandnotconcretesaveswater.

    2Lettingthehoserunwhileyouwash

    thecarLettingthehoserunwhileyouwash

    thecarwasteswater.Useabucketandspongetosavewater.

    3

    Leavepetwasteontheground Petwastecanwashintostreamsandlakes.Pickitupanddisposeofit

    properly(inagarbagecan)tokeepyourwatercleaner.

    4

    Litter Littermayendupinstreamsorlakesmakingyourwaterlessclean.Putlitterintoatrashcantokeepitoutofthe

    water.

    5Letaleakyfaucetdrip Leakyfaucetswastealotofwater.If

    thereisaleakyfaucetinyourhouse,askyourparentstorepairit.

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  • Use Water Wisely Unit Pretest/Posttest

    1. Trueorfalse,waterconservationmeansusinglesswater.

    2. Whyshouldyouconservewater?

    a. Watertreatmentcostsmoney

    b. Conservingwatercanhelpsolvecurrentwatershortageproblems

    c. Conservingwatercanhelpyouprepareforfuturewatershortageproblems

    d. Alloftheabove

    3. Asimpleactionyoucantaketoconservewateris:

    a. Turnoffthefaucetwhilebrushingyourteeth

    b. Washthecarusingabucketandspongeinsteadofahose

    c. Makesurethedishwasherisfullbeforeitisstarted

    d. Alloftheabove

    4. Trueorfalse,intimeswhenthereisplentifulrainfall,itisstillimportanttopracticewaterconserva-tiontoplanforfuturewatershortages.

    5. Trueorfalse,waterprotectionmeanskeepingwaterclean.

    6. Trueorfalse,aBestManagementPracticeisamethodrecognizedbywateruserstolessenharmtotheenvironmentthatmightresultfromtheiractions.

    7. Stormwaterthatfallsonalandsurfacecan:

    a. Soakin

    b. Runoffdirectlyintorivers,lakesandwetlands

    c. Flowintostormdrainsandpipestoultimatelyendupinrivers,lakesandwetlands.

    d. Alloftheabove

    Score:___/7

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