My world and community
Map My Classroom
Draw a bird’s-eye map of your classroom with a key and a compass rose.
Thinking sheet · My world and community
Water Saver Plan
Find the ways your family uses water and pick three ways to save some this week.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Kids practice
- conservation, habits, tracking
What kids do
“Water is precious. How can your family use less?”
- We use water to…
- Saving idea 1
- Saving idea 2
- Saving idea 3
- Did we do it?
How to run it
- Ideas: turn the tap off while brushing, shorter showers, full dishwasher.
- Send home and ask families to help.
- Talk about where your town’s water comes from.
Talk about it
- Which idea was easiest?
- Where does water go after the drain?
- Why does saving water matter?
Take it further
Measure how much water a running tap uses in one minute.
Pairs well with
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Me on the Map
Zoom out from your street to your town, your country, your continent and the whole planet.
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Who Helps Our Town?
Draw six community helpers at work and write how each one keeps the town running.
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When I Grow Up
Draw yourself at a job you might love, with the uniform, tools and workplace.
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