EL Module Grade 3: Module 4: Unit 1: Lesson 1 Discovering Our Topic: Freshwater Around the World
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DIRECTIONS:
Take a few minutes to look at the pictures and to read the quotes. What do you infer The topic will be about?
Infer (v): To make an educated guess
based on the evidence you are given.
“The risks of drinking dirty water are just as great as drinking no water at all.”
Plan UK. “The Problems and Solutions to Safe Water in Africa.” Triple Pundit. Web. Accessed 10 Nov. 2016.
<http://www.triplepundit.com/podium/problems-solutions-safe-water-africa/>.
“It is a desperately worrying statistic that nearly 1 billion people in the world lack clean, healthy drinking water.”
Plan UK. “The Problems and Solutions to Safe Water in Africa.” Triple Pundit. Web. Accessed 10 Nov. 2016.
<http://www.triplepundit.com/podium/problems-solutions-safe-water-africa/>.
“There are trillions of gallons of liquid fresh water on Earth. Humans use about half
of it, mostly for agriculture.”
“Water Use.” American Museum of Natural History. Web. Accessed 10 Nov. 2016.
<http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/water-h2o-life/water-works/water-use/>.
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Question 1
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After looking at the pictures and the quotes, what do you infer the topic will be about?
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Question 2
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What do you think you will be learning about in this module? Write down at least 3 noticings (things you see), and wonders (questions you have)
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Question 3
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Why are the world's freshwater sources threatened?
Write down 2-3 responses of what you know, what you want to know.
