Water Distribution on Earth
Are you covering water distribution on Earth in your 5th-grade science class?
Students will LOVE these engaging activities and labs on water distribution! This unit starts with the use of phenomena and includes an assessment. The reading passages and response can be used for a distance education packet. Students love my science resources for 5th-grade like this mystery powder science lab and this great Food Chain Lesson.
These water distribution labs give a great visual way to see Earth’s water distribution.
NGSS Earth Systems 5-ESS2-2. Describe and graph the amounts of saltwater and freshwater in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
and Utah SEEd standard 5.1.2
Use mathematics and computational thinking to compare the quantity of saltwater and freshwater in various reservoirs to provide evidence for the distribution of water on Earth. Emphasize water on Earth in oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, groundwater, and polar ice caps.
NJSLS • 5-ESS2-2 Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Water Distribution On Earth Lab
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Saltwater and Freshwater Distribution on Earth
If you use everything in this unit, it’s almost two weeks of material!
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The lab so clearly demonstrates the comparison of salt and freshwater as well as where water is found. My kids loved this lab! Reading passages really sealed the learned and were tied nicely to CCSS for RI text.
-Vessa W.
I liked how the standards are referenced. Kids enjoyed working on this.
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