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This lesson focuses on the availability of freshwater on Earth. Students review the basic terms and processes associated with the water cycle, play a game to determine the percentage of the Earth’s surface covered by water, work together in groups to estimate the distribution of water in the various locations on Earth where it is found, and discover how much fresh water is available on Earth for human use.

title "Water Quality - Lesson 1 : Where is All the Water in the World?" 2024 by Michigan Geographic Alliance
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Water Quality - Lesson 1 : Where is All the Water in the World?

Created Feb. 5, 2024 by Michigan Geographic Alliance

Subject:: Environmental Science
Level:: Middle School
Material Type:: Activity/Lab, Lesson

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MI.SS.MS.ESS2.1

Michigan Science Standards

Grades 6-8

Standard: Develop a model to describe the cycling of Earth's materials and the flow of energy that drives this process.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

MI.SS.MS.ESS2.4

Michigan Science Standards

Grades 6-8

Standard: Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

MI.SS.MS.LS2.3

Michigan Science Standards

Grades 6-8

Standard: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)

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Geographic Alliance, Michigan. "Water Quality - Lesson 1 : Where is All the Water in the World?". OER Commons. Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education, 18 Feb. 2020. Web. 22 Nov. 2024. <https://goopenmichigan.org/authoring/306-water-quality-lesson-1-where-is-all-the-water-in-t>.

Geographic Alliance, M. (2020, February 18). Water Quality - Lesson 1 : Where is All the Water in the World?. OER Commons. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://goopenmichigan.org/authoring/306-water-quality-lesson-1-where-is-all-the-water-in-t.

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Created Feb 18, 2020 by Michigan Geographic Alliance

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