McHenry County Schools Environmental Education Program

Lending Kits: Water

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Kits have lesson plan binder and most materials to execute lesson plan. They also include additional resource information (books, references, etc.).

Primary Kit (Grades K-2)

Contents:	Lessons:
Water Cycle Poster with tags Inflatable Globe Shower Timers (15) School Yard Watershed "Fundana" Help the Environment - Saving Water book Exploring Earth's Resources - Using Water book Water Dance book The Sedimentator (with corresponding lessons) Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention binder	Project Wet: Conserve Water Project Wet: Discover Ground Water & Springs Siemens - Water Cycle The Blue Planet Globe Toss All the Water in the World Edible Earth Parfaits Watershed Scavenger Hunt Aluminum Foil Watersheds Waste Water Watcher Shorter Shower Contest Water Sense Pledge

Primary NGSS Standards Met:

K-LS1-1, K-ESS3-1, K-ESS3-3, K-ESS2-1, K-ESS2-2, K-PS3-1, K-PS3-2
Disciplinary Core: LS1.C, PS3.B, ESS2.D, ESS3.A, ESS3.C

2-ESS1-1, 2-ESS2-2, 2-ESS2-3, 2-PS1-4, 2-LS2-1, 2-LS4-1
Disciplinary Core: PS1.A, PS1.B, LS2.A, LS4.D, ESS2.A, ESS2.B, ESS2.C, ESS1.C

K-2 Engineering: ETS1-3, ETS1.B, ETS1-1, ETS1-2

NGSS Elementary (K-5) Evidence Statements
How to use this kit to meet NGSS standards

Elementary Kit (Grades 2-5)

Contents:

Lessons:

Water Cycle Poster
Water Cycle Poster with Cityscape and Aquifers
Inflatable Globe
The Sedimentator (with corresponding lessons)
A Drop Around the World book
The Kids' Book of Weather Forecasting book
Forces of Nature book
Discover Floods binder

A Drop Around the World Teachers Guide
Siemens - Water Cycle
Be a Weather and Climate Watcher
Prairie Plants and Water
Population Connection - Water, Water Everywhere
Project Wet - A Drop in the Bucket, Every Drop Counts, Choices and Preferences, Discover Floods
Emergency Preparedness - FEMA Ready program, NOAA & NWS disaster forecasting
How Water Shapes Land
Erosion Investigations
Understanding Groundwater
Citizen Action with EPA - A Day in the Life of a Drop

Elementary NGSS Standards Met:

3-ESS2-1, 3-ESS2-2, 3-ESS3-1, 3-LS4-4, 4-ESS3-2, 5-ESS2-1, 5-ESS2-2, 5-ESS3-1
Disciplinary Core: ESS2.D, ESS2.A, ESS2.C, ESS2.D, ESS3.B, ESS3.C, LS2.C, LS4.D

3-5 Engineering: ETS1.B

NGSS Elementary (K-5) Evidence Statements

Intermediate Kit (Grades 6-8)

Contents:

Lessons:

Inflatable Globe
Maps: Major Watersheds of Illinois, McHenry County Highway, County Waste Water Treatment Facilities, Nat. Geo. Precious Water
Water Cycle Poster
Water Quality Poster
The Sedimentator (with corresponding lessons)
Your Water Footprint book
Hurricanes, Tsunamis & Other Natural Disasters book
Critical Trends in Illinois Ecosystems book
Focus on Water book
Poison Water DVD

Geologic Systems as Related to Water Formation in Aquifers
Groundwater Movement Between Various Soil Types
Project Wet - Plate Tectonics & Watershed Divides
Project Wet - Flood Preparedness
Project Wet - Discovering Stormwater
Stream Table Investigations
Illinois State Museum - Weathering & Erosion Activities
Healthy Ecosystems = Healthy Water
Waste Water Treatment Discovery
H2O Below - Illinois Middle School Groundwater Project

Intermediate NGSS Standards Met:

MS-ESS3-1, MS-ESS3-2, MS-ESS3-4, MS-LS2-1
Disciplinary Core: ESS3.A, ESS3.B, ESS3.C, ESS2.A, ESS2.C, LS2.A

NGSS Middle School (6-8) Evidence Statements

Add-Ons

Add-Ons are simply more involved hands-on resources that a teacher might like to "add on" to their unit or their rented kit.


Awesome Aquifer from The Groundwater Foundation	Global Water Quality Experiment Kit

The Tapwater Tour from LaMotte	Climate & Weather Kit with Kids' Book of Weather Forecasting

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Chose which WATER KIT you would like to borrow. You may select more than one kit.

Chose which WATER KIT you would like to borrow. You may select more than one kit.

Water - Primary Kit

Water - Elementary Kit

Water - Intermediate Kit

If you would like to borrow ADD-ON items, you may select them below. You may choose more than one item.

If you would like to borrow ADD-ON items, you may select them below. You may choose more than one item.

Awesome Aquifer (The Groundwater Foundation)

Global Water Quality Experiment Kit (Thames & Kosmos)

The Tapwater Tour (LaMotte)

Climate & Weather Kit (Thames & Kosmos)

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