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Problem: Lack of Water in a Habitat

Problem: Lack of Water in a Habitat

TEKS Objective

The student is expected to identify and explain a problem in his/her own words and propose a task and solution for the problem such as lack of water in a habitat.


Essential Understanding

The student knows that information and critical thinking, scientific problem solving, and the contributions of scientists are used in making decisions.

Science Background

Drought for Kids: National Drought Mitigation Center (website) - Navigate this website for a large collection of useful information related to what a drought is, how drought affects our lives, how people study drought, and how me can protect ourselves from drought. Includes a glossary and links to additional resources.

Drought for Kids
National Drought Mitigation Center, drought.unl.edu

Signature Lesson

Discovering Drought: Project WET (pdf) - A series of seven brief lessons describing climate conditions, cause and effect and conservation.

Discovering Drought
Project WET, www.projectwet.org

Supporting Lessons

Do Plants Need Water? Utah Education Network (website) - Plant lima beans at successively farther distances from a water source to observe the impact of water (or lack thereof) on plant growth. Focus on Investigation #1.

Do Plants Need Water?
Utah Education Network, www.uen.org

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