Mrs. K's Class: Water Day

Long time no blog! :( The end of the school year has come in full force leaving me limited time in the blogging world. Sorry about that. I have lots to catch up on as we have been learning so many cool things. First of all let me update you on Water Day ( I know way back at the end of March). Thursday, March 22nd our school celebrated Water Day. We have been studying all about water the last couple of months. The students have learned that countries around the world lack clean drinking water. Here is an overview of the amazing facts we found out:

· People can live for a month without food, but only a week without water.

· While basic needs vary, people need a minimum of 20 liters of water a day.

· The shower you took this morning used 100 liters of water.

· One billion people live on 5 liters (1.3 gallons) per day.

· Every 20 seconds a child dies from diseases caused by a water related illness.

After learning all this information, we had an awesome meteorologist from a local news station come in and talk about the drought and how it has affected Texas. Students walked around different booths in the FAC to learn more, and participated in a Water walk simulating the experience of others that walk up to 3 hours carrying almost 40 pounds of water. We did some further investigation in our classroom. The kids picked an audience, role, and format to present their new knowledge. Some highlights were Mimi creating a song, Devin and Alex becoming news reporters, and Lauren writing a book about ways to save water. Such a wonderful experience!