Lesson Plans
Aligned with national standards, the lesson plans and mini-units include elementary, middle and high school levels. Funding for this global water supply curriculum project was provided by the Open Square Foundation.
Stand-alone lesson plans are part of larger units that cover a broad scope of subjects including English, science and technology, and social sciences like geography, civics and economics. Classroom activities cover everything from poetry seminars and vocabulary-building worksheets to science and math lessons about potable water availability.
Check out the Resource page for additional class project content. Students can also follow a project or raise money to help those in need.
Full Curriculum Downloads
Elementary Curriculum - by Unit
- National Curriculum Alignment: Elementary School pdf
- "Water is Life" Global Water Awareness Mini-Unit (Grades 3-5) pdf
- Water is Life, Water is Poetry Seminar (Grades 3-5) pdf
- "Water Has Many Uses" Mini-Unit (Grades K-5) pdf
- "World-Water Hero!" Lesson Plan (Grades K-5) pdf
- "Traveling for Water" Mini-Unit (Grades 3-5) pdf
Middle School Curriculum - by Unit
- National Curriculum Alignment: Middle and High School pdf
- (Middle School) "Global Water Crisis" Mini-Unit pdf
- (Middle and High School) Water-Aware Portfolio Instructions pdf
- (Middle School) "Walking for Water" Mini-Unit pdf
High School Curriculum - by Unit
- National Curriculum Alignment: Middle and High School pdf
- Water-Aware Portfolio Instructions pdf
- "Mock Muck" Mini-Unit pdf
- "Hydro-Technology" Mini-Unit pdf
- "Rising Tensions over the Nile River Basin" Activity pdf
Additional Resources
- View Water Facts, our facts about water, drinking water, and water-related disease.
- The London Frogs blog: Will you sing (and burb and slurp) for clean water)?
- Read about the latest developments in the world water crisis in our weekly Crisis Headlines Digest.
- Learn about the Water Crisis in the Countries where we work.
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