Activity Five: Water Celebration
This is an optional activity. At the end of the water unit, celebrate the importance of water in children's lives. Let the students plan their Water Celebration with guided instruction. In doing so, students take ownership of their activity and become more involve with it. Invite parents, administrators and other students to culminate the reading/science content area. Make students look into their reading portfolios or science journals to and choose their favorite activity. Listening, speaking, reading and writing skills are meaningful to them when they showcase their own work. Learning science makes meaning as well. Students create or write letters to their parents telling them about their thinking and learning as they were doing the different water activities. Ask for volunteers for the class presentation. Students can read, chant, rap or sing or talk about their favorite green chemistry principle and how they could use the principle at home to help them keep water "green". Make this a part of the writing process which is making invitations for a small gathering that parents come to school and watch each child present. Do revisions for their selected writing pieces such as the haiku or summaries written by the students. Put students' samples on a table for parents viewing and ask a pair of students to act as "science ambassadors" and explain the how each product relate to their learning. As part of the presentation, each student/pair of students will do a one minute class presentation of their favorite piece of work and give an explanation. Invite a speaker from the community who is an expert on drinking water or a parent whose work is related to chemistry or an another expert from the environmental agency. Have the students create play that is a copy changed version of Dr. Seuss, The Lorax. Allow responsible students to choose a producer, director, characters, costume designers, etcetera. All activities are monitored by the teacher(s). Finally, serve snacks prepared by the students like water, lemonade and brownies or cookies. Have fun!
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