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Monday 1/13 - TES 1.3

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East Ferris’s Water Shortage

TES 1.3: Explaining East Ferris Water Shortage


Objective: KWBAT explain the impact of human activity on water availability.

Warm Up - East Ferris’s Water Shortage

Welcome back, water engineers. Yesterday, we learned about ways that humans can impact how much freshwater is available to use by polluting it or using too much. Today, we’re going to use those ideas to explain what could be happening in East Ferris.
Let’s start by analyzing some new information from Mayor McKnight and see what we notice!
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How can people affect (change) how much freshwater is available?

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Where does East Ferris get freshwater from?

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Where does West Ferris get freshwater from?

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Read the data table. What do you notice?

Human Impact on Water

Human Impact on Water

The amount of water available in an area depends on the amount of water flowing in and the amount of water flowing out of that area.

Now we will watch two videos to help them think more about what might be happening to East Ferris’s groundwater reservoir.
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Why did the amount of water decrease?

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Check For Understanding:

Why do you think the amount of water in a water reservoir at Ferris Island might decrease?

Click and drag the choices below the image to show how water flows into reservoir and out of the reservoir.
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Click and drag the choices below the image to show how water flows into reservoir and out of the reservoir.
Other Answer Choices:
Water flows in
Water flows out
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When it rains, is water flowing into the area or going out of the area?

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What happens to the amount of water in the reservoir when it rains?

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When people use water, is water going into the area or going out of the area?

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Check For Understanding:

What happens to the amount of water when people use water?

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Why do you think East Ferris is having a water shortage?

Diagramming Ferris Island
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Create a diagram to show how water is flowing in AND out of Ferris Island.
Criteria For Success (CFS):
  1. Show the amount of rain on East and West Ferris.
  2. Show how East Ferris and West Ferris use water from the reservoir.
  3. Use labels, arrows, and captions

Writing a Scientific Explanation - Independent Practice
Criteria For Success (CFS):
  • Identify the amount of water that the people of East Ferris use and identify the amount water flowing into the reservoir.
  • Identify which reservoir East Ferris use and what happens when they use the water from that reservoir.
  • Explain why East Ferris why East Ferris is running out of water.
  • Explain what happens to the amount of freshwater available.
Reservoirs on Ferris Island


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Why is East Ferris running out of water?

East Ferris is running out of water because _________
When people in East Ferris use water, _________
The amount of water flowing in has stayed the same, but _________
This means that _________

Criteria For Success (CFS):
  • Use the raid data to identify the amount of water flowing into and water flowing out of West Ferris.

Reservoirs on Ferris Island
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Why is West Ferris not running out of water?

West Ferris is not running out of water because _________