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Defenders of the Future Tackle Today's Water Troubles: A Story with Activities & Resources to Solve Real-World Problems for Grades 4+

This book doesn't dance around real-world water challenges, but faces them head on. Combining science and social studies, the defenders of the future characters interact with the talking water character. The story reveals how, even though humans are negatively impacting water, regular people (like your students!) can use their super strengths to turn these challenges around.

The story can be read aloud by a teacher or performed as a skit. Since this story is filled with dense content and big issues, the author suggests following the book's layout and reading only a few pages of the story at a time followed by the corresponding activities (delineated by dotted borders) to help the students absorb the information before moving on to the next section or "mission."

A glossary and additional resources are included in the back of the book.

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Defenders of the Future Tackle Today's Water Troubles: A Story with Activities & Resources to Solve Real-World Problems for Grades 4+

This book doesn't dance around real-world water challenges, but faces them head on. Combining science and social studies, the defenders of the future characters interact with the talking water character. The story reveals how, even though humans are negatively impacting water, regular people (like your students!) can use their super strengths to turn these challenges around.

The story can be read aloud by a teacher or performed as a skit. Since this story is filled with dense content and big issues, the author suggests following the book's layout and reading only a few pages of the story at a time followed by the corresponding activities (delineated by dotted borders) to help the students absorb the information before moving on to the next section or "mission."

A glossary and additional resources are included in the back of the book.

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Defenders of the Future Tackle Today's Water Troubles: A Story with Activities & Resources to Solve Real-World Problems for Grades 4+

Defenders of the Future Tackle Today's Water Troubles: A Story with Activities & Resources to Solve Real-World Problems for Grades 4+

Defenders of the Future Tackle Today's Water Troubles: A Story with Activities & Resources to Solve Real-World Problems for Grades 4+

Defenders of the Future Tackle Today's Water Troubles: A Story with Activities & Resources to Solve Real-World Problems for Grades 4+

Overview

This book doesn't dance around real-world water challenges, but faces them head on. Combining science and social studies, the defenders of the future characters interact with the talking water character. The story reveals how, even though humans are negatively impacting water, regular people (like your students!) can use their super strengths to turn these challenges around.

The story can be read aloud by a teacher or performed as a skit. Since this story is filled with dense content and big issues, the author suggests following the book's layout and reading only a few pages of the story at a time followed by the corresponding activities (delineated by dotted borders) to help the students absorb the information before moving on to the next section or "mission."

A glossary and additional resources are included in the back of the book.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780997113181
Publisher: Good Green Life Publishing
Publication date: 01/28/2020
Series: Defenders of the Future , #1
Pages: 76
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.16(d)
Age Range: 9 - 12 Years

About the Author

Dawn Pape's career and life objective are woven together; to make the world a better place through careful use of our natural resources. She is driven to make a difference in the world and to help bring about change to reduce our environmental footprint through her various books, programs, and even puppet shows. Ms. Pape has a Masters in Environmental Education, founded the Blue Thumb-Planting for Clean Water program, and has served as a Master Gardener volunteer for decades. As a licensed teacher, she enjoys working with people of all ages, writing, gardening, and dabbles with photography.

Table of Contents

Foreword.......................................................................................6-11

Discovering Kids’ Super Powers to be Defenders of the Future

Introduction ..................................................................................12-27

History of the Earth

Activity 1: Earth Timeline: Getting Your Arms Around the Earth’s History

The Water Cycle

Activity 2: Water Appreciation/Recreation Field Trip

Activity 3: Tapping into Super Strengths to Demonstrate Water Cycle Knowledge

Activity 4: Our Planet’s Freshwater Availability

Discovering the “Leaks” in the Water Cycle

Mission 1: Let Water Soak into the Earth....................................28-35

Mission 2: Keep Streets Clean....................................................36-37

Activity 5: What is a Watershed?

Activity 6: We All Have Lakeshore Property: Stormwater Runoff Travels from Streets to Streams

Activity 7: You’re in Charge! Using “Best Management Practices” (BMPs)

Activity 8: How is U.S. Freshwater Used?

Mission 3: Use Less Energy.............................................................50-55

Activity 9: Home Energy Use

Mission 4: Don’t Waste Food............................................................58-63

Activity 10: How Much Water Do You Eat?

Resources...........................................................................................68-70

Glossary..............................................................................................71-73

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