Water Wars
Budget: $1,000
Timeline: March 2017- May 2017
Students Impacted: 70 students
Timeline: March 2017- May 2017
Students Impacted: 70 students
The Water Wars unit began much like the 2016-2017 school year unit, A World Without Water. In this unit students were challenged to take a look at the current water crisis taking place across the world. Less than 3% of the world's water is fresh, drinkable water. Yet, we continue to pollute, overuse and over-consume the fresh water we have available. My students were asked to examine this crisis and the impact it could have on the future.
The students began by using an individualized and personalized learning strategy, stations. The stations provided information in a variety of formats, on a variety of subjects. During the three day station rotation students learned about lock and dam systems, aqueduct systems, droughts, Southwest United States water regulations, the Flint, Michigan water crisis, and other countries and groups of people who do not have access to clean drinking water. They took this new knowledge and composed their learning in a traditional 4 paragraph essay, by answering “how is water powerful and how is water scarce?” Below is a copy of one student's essay.
The students began by using an individualized and personalized learning strategy, stations. The stations provided information in a variety of formats, on a variety of subjects. During the three day station rotation students learned about lock and dam systems, aqueduct systems, droughts, Southwest United States water regulations, the Flint, Michigan water crisis, and other countries and groups of people who do not have access to clean drinking water. They took this new knowledge and composed their learning in a traditional 4 paragraph essay, by answering “how is water powerful and how is water scarce?” Below is a copy of one student's essay.