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Objective: Students will e ale to analy!e content o" the reading ook#
identi"y citi!en responsiility "or the Great Lakes $asin# de%onstrate use
o" &ocaulary associated with water 'uality and locate the nearest ri&er#
pond# lake# and reser&oir(
Standards:
3istrict and.or school science te-ts appropriate "or grade le&el: sections
on water 'uality# pollution and conser&ation o" water
4ournals
8se a large %ap that shows the Great Lakes 9ideal with Google Earth:(
Ask the students why these lakes are so i%portant and %ake a list o" the
responses on oard(
Ask the students i" they know the de;nitions or gi&e e-a%ples o" pollution
and conser&ation
Ask students how they can relate these ter%s to what they already know
aout our lakes# ri&ers and strea%s(
%nstructional %n#ut:
Tell students that the true story they are aout to read will descrie how a
once great# clean ri&er eca%e polluted and how Marion Stoddard and
others practicing philanthropists helped sa&e the ri&er(
0hilanthropy %eans >lo&e o" hu%anity> in the sense o" caring "or#
nourishing# de&eloping# and enhancing >what it is to e hu%an> on
oth the ene"actors? 9y identi"ying and e-ercising their &alues in
gi&ing and &olunteering: and ene;ciaries? 9y ene;tting: parts(
The %ost con&entional %odern de;nition is >pri&ate initiati&es# "or
pulic good# "ocusing on 'uality o" li"e>
3iscuss with the class so%e positi&e sides aout sa&ing water(
Teacher can show the "ollowing @/inding Ae%oB clip to gi&e the
class a &isual o" water conta%ination:
http:..www(youtue(co%.watchC&DE6!F72&'F87
2ater pollution a<ects plants and organis%s li&ing in these odies o"
water( En al%ost all cases the e<ect is da%aging not only to indi&idual
species and populations# ut also to the natural iological co%%unities(
The teacher will then discuss the negati&e side to water conta%ination(
0AGE 6 5/ 7
Teacher will %odel running water "ro% the sink# with a ucket in the sink
that will ;ll up with water# in the classroo% and then walk away(
The teacher will then co%e ack a"ter a short period o" ti%e and turn it
o<# and ask the students what they think he . she could ha&e or should
ha&e done to conser&e water(
Gere# the teacher will show the students how %uch water he . she
wasted and will discuss the students etter options he or she could
ha&e done# and what they can do with the water that was sa&ed(
Guided Practice:
1ead ook# A 1i&er 1an 2ild# and discuss the "ollowing 'uestions:
2hat "actors did we disco&er aout the Aashua 1i&er that we could see
happening in the Great LakesC
Iiew the &ideo# >Aout 1i&erkeeper> and ha&e the students co%pare how
the Aashua 1i&er was cleaned and how the Gudson 1i&er is eing
cleaned(
http:..www(youtue(co%.watchC&D)GgMyat'Akc
Make sure that the students discuss what a ri&erkeeper is along with
e-a%ples o" stewardship and pulic action "or the co%%on good(
Teacher will "or% cooperati&e groups and discuss how the concepts
in&ol&ed in stewardship and philanthropy can e connected to the sa&ing
o" our Great Lakes ecosyste%s(
Create a poster reHecting the slogan# >Gi&e a Goot# 3on?t 0ollute#> and
write a caption "or the poster(
Teacher can use S%artoard or El%o i" classroo% is e'uipped with one to
show pictures . &ideos "or the students(
Closure:
3iscuss with students what are the causes o" water pollution and what
they can do to conser&e water and keep it clean(
"ssessment
At end o" unit# when it has een taught with %ore e-tension# ha&e an
assign%ent "or students to show how they understand what it %eans to
keep water clean# and conser&e it(
Co!nitive &emand of Lesson Se)uence
Students will Analy!e content o" the reading ook# A 1i&er 1an 2ild(
Students will Apply Concepts gained "ro% the reading to the Great Lakes(
0roQect Title
Student Aa%e
3iscussion
Conclusion
Literature Cited
0AGE R 5/ 7
3ata Tales.Graph.1esults
0redictions
An e-a%ple o" how the poster should e laid out# student %ay not %ake title
take up the %aQority o" the poster# it %ust include all the ao&e ele%ents
and will e graded with the attached ruric(
0AGE 7 5/ 7