These Units provide an opportunity for upper elementary school teachers to connect students to the environment and one of the most fundamental elements of all living things-water.
Together, teacher and student explore their role and responsibility to individually and collectively protect and sustain this shared resource for today, for tomorrow and for future generations.
Original Elementary Units
Understanding the Urban Watershed began as a series of Units for the Middle Grades 6-8 in 2014. Since that time, we led a teacher co-design effort to expand to 4th and 5th grades, which we are calling “Original” You can view those Units “For the Love of Water” and “Me and My Watershed” by clicking the icon or orange button. If you prefer to explore our streamlined version for Grade Band 3-5, click through through the left hand side icon and orange button. Either way– we hope you enjoy your learning journey through water in our world.