April+Edwards

**All About Water**

Why is water important to people, plants, and animals?

Water is very important to all forms of life on earth. In this unit, students will learn about water and it's many uses. Students will also learn about the water cycle and the various forms water can take. This is a highly interactive unit in which students will participate in a variety of hands-on investigations, online activities, whole class lessons, and group discussions to learn about water and our world. This unit strongly integrates a variety of subject areas, including social studies and language arts. || Grade Level/Subject The unit will be introduced with a teacher-created Voki. The Voki will give a brief summary of the unit along with some basic objectives students will be <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">expected to accomplish.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Unit Summary
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">1st Grade
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Science ||
 * < <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Technology Integration

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">After watching an animoto video created by the <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">teacher, students will work collaboratively in groups <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">of 4-5 to create an animoto video about the stages <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">of the water cycle.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Students will play online games, activities, and <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">participate in lessons on many different websites. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">These activities will be used for both remediation and <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">enrichment. Specific websites are listed in the <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">"Resources" section.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Students will use the internet to research information <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">about various bodies of water found on earth. Once <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">research is completed, students will compose a short <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">research paper using Microsoft Word.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Students will watch a Magic School Bus video on <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">YouTube. This video will provide information and <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">important details about the water cycle.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">To review the unit, students will play Water Jeopardy. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">This is a multimedia Jeopardy game using Microsoft <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">PowerPoint. The game reviews information covered <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">throughout the unit. ||< <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">Resources

[|Fact Monster Website] This website contains tons of facts about the water cycle that will assist student research.

[|Animoto] Students can watch and create videos.

[|Houghton Mifflin Science] This website correlates with the Houghton Mifflin series science textbooks and provides a variety of games, activities, and additional information.

[|Water Unit Introduction - Voki] This Voki introduces the unit.

[|Scholastic - StudyJams] This is a collection of activities, games, quizzes, videos, and information about the water cycle. || media type="youtube" key="oaCUyZw4Tjo" height="315" width="420"