1. Provide students with the unique Student Enrollment Code provided in your registration email and above. This code associates you with your students. Do not share with other teachers.
2. Direct students to https://tinkerteach.org/23/fwtx and click Students Register.
3. Confirm each student successfully enrolled in your online teacher portal.
1. Students learn how severe drought in the 1950s led state leaders to create the Texas Water Development Board to conserve and develop water resources.
2. Students discuss graphs from the 2022 State Water Plan showing population growth and increasing water demand in North Texas.
3. Students learn how the Tarrant Regional Water District, our raw water provider, is developing new water resources.
4. Students read and share case studies that highlight local water conservation efforts.
– S.5.1.B – make informed choices in the conservation of materials.
– SS.5.9.A – describe how and why people have modified their environment to meet basic needs.
1. Students learn how much water we use daily and that our water comes from lakes.
2. Students discuss how we rely on rainfall to fill these lakes and review the water cycle.
3. Students observe the results of an evaporation experiment, started 2 days before the lesson, and discuss the role of oceans in the water cycle.
4. Students watch a video to learn about drought in Texas and listen to a recording to learn the difference between weather and climate.
5. Students reflect on how droughts affect our water supply and the need to conserve water.
– S.5.1.B – make informed choices in the conservation of materials.
– S.5.3.C – connect grade-level appropriate science concepts with science careers.
– S.5.5.C – identify changes in physical properties of solutions such as dissolving salt in water.
– S.5.8.A – differentiate between weather and climate.
– S.5.8.B – explain how the sun and the ocean interact in the water cycle.
1. Students discuss how much water the average person uses daily and learn that our water comes from lakes managed by the Tarrant Regional Water District.
2. Students learn the process for providing clean water to our community and create a 3-D model of the water supply system.
3. Students reflect on the extensive infrastructure and labor required to deliver clean water and how this affects the value of water and the importance of conserving it.
– SS.5.9.A – describe how and why people have modified their environment to meet basic needs.
– SS.5.13.A – compare how people in different parts of the U.S. earn a living, past and present.
– S.5.1.B – make informed choices in the conservation of materials.
– S.5.3.C – connect grade-level appropriate science concepts with science careers.
1. Students discuss ways we use water and reflect on how much water their families use weekly, based on data they collected 1 week prior to the lesson.
2. Students learn that the Tarrant Regional Water District provides their water from lakes and reservoirs and that building a reservoir is a lengthy process.
3. Students brainstorm the pros and cons of building reservoirs to supply water and reflect on simpler, less costly ways to increase our water supply such as conservation.
– SS.5.9.A – describe how and why people have modified their environment to meet basic needs
– SS.5.9.B – analyze the positive and negative consequences of human modification of the environment
– S.5.1.B – make informed choices in the conservation of materials
– Math 5.1.A – apply mathematics to problems in everyday life