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The Kern County Water Agency’s Improvement District No. 4 (ID4) is pleased to offer the following grade-level presentations, videos and materials free of charge to schools located within ID4’s service area. (To view the list of all schools located within ID4’s service area, click here.) The grade-level units have been created specifically for Bakersfield and provide teachers with easy-to-use activities and student materials that explore the importance of water. The units aim to create confidence and inspiration to help students become more aware of the water around them.
Schedule grade-level or classroom presentations where teachers receive the water education unit and educational materials for students. The lively presentations include colorful pictures and videos, as well as interactive activities for the students to follow.
As an alternative to a presentation, teachers can now show one of the recently released classroom videos. Water education units and educational materials for students will be delivered to the school-site.
Ruby the Radish starts as a seed and raises awareness of how to use water wisely as she grows. Through the interaction with the other characters in the story, Ruby the Radish is able to relay to the young reader ways to help save and conserve water inside and outside households.
This Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards-based water education unit has been designed to teach kindergarten students in metropolitan Bakersfield the importance of water and its conservation. The unit integrates many subject areas (science, social studies, English-language arts and art) and helps students develop specific skills (critical thinking, organizing data and predicting).
A 20-minute presentation that explores Bakersfield’s water sources and the ways that we use water. A pizza display is used to demonstrate with students how much water it takes to make a food that we all enjoy. At the conclusion of the presentation, teachers receive the grade-level water education unit and water education materials for their classrooms.
This animated video teaches students about where their water comes from and the part they can play in water conservation. The video also explores how much water is required to make pizza, a food they all enjoy.
Suzie-Q is a heroic squirrel who leaps from tall trees to make metropolitan Bakersfield residents aware of water conservation.
This Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards-based water education unit has been designed to teach first-grade students in Bakersfield the importance of water and its conservation. Students will be introduced to their water sources and the many ways they use water at home and school to gain a deeper understanding of this topic. The lessons are filled with water-related activities that are hands on, easy to use and fun for students.
Join Casey on his amazing water journey from the top of Mt. Whitney through the Henry C. Garnett Water Purification Plant before traveling to homes and businesses in metropolitan Bakersfield.
This Common Core and Next Generation Science Standards inquiry-based water education unit teaches second-grade students how water is cleaned and purified at the Henry C. Garnett Water Purification Plant, where their water comes from, water conservation and that seeds need water to grow. The activities are focused on water-related projects that are hands on, easy to implement and fun.
A 30-minute presentation that explores Bakersfield’s water sources, ways that we use water and how water is cleaned and purified. A pizza display is used to demonstrate with students how much water it takes to make a food that we all enjoy. At the conclusion of the presentation, teachers receive the grade-level water education unit and water education materials for their classrooms.
This animated video teaches students about where their water comes from and the part they can play in water conservation. The video also explores how much water is required to make pizza, a food they all enjoy.
Water in California is the theme explored in this exciting standards-based water education unit that highlights Bakersfield’s rich water history and how water is moved throughout the State of California. A focus has been placed on local history, using original photographs that help the students visualize the past. Using a timeline activity, students will be able to describe the relationship between these regional historical events.
A 35-minute engaging and interactive presentation teaches students about Kern County’s water supplies, how that water is used and the importance of water conservation. An interactive part of the assembly invites students to help build a pizza display, allowing them to see how much water is required to make a food we all enjoy. At the conclusion of the presentation, teachers receive the grade-level water education unit and water education materials for their classrooms.
This animated video teaches students about where their water comes from and the part they can play in water conservation. The video also explores how much water is required to make pizza, a food they all enjoy.
This exciting standards-based program explores the water cycle, surface water supplies, and groundwater, as well as how water is purified at the Henry C. Garnett Water Purification Plant. This unit emphasizes inquiry-based learning, and students have the opportunity to explore a range of topics related to water. Through making their own groundwater wells, students can delve deeper into the concept of groundwater. Students will be able to visualize how water is stored and taken out of the ground. As part of the unit, students also play a matching game that helps them learn more about the water cycle.
A 50-minute informative and experiential presentation teaches students about Kern County’s water supplies, how that water is used and the importance of water conservation. The presentation also features an exploration of the scientific process through the demonstration of two experiments on the chemical components of water. At the conclusion of the presentation, teachers will receive the grade-level water education unit and water education materials for their classrooms.
The video covers Bakersfield’s water sources and highlights indirect water usage, such as water used to make everyday items. Students are also introduced to how water is cleaned and purified at the Henry C. Garnett Water Purification Plant.
This 60-minute Project WET (Water Education for Today) activity is available for 4th-6th grade classrooms. Students will role-play as a water molecule, which helps them conceptualize the water cycle as more than a two-dimensional path. At the conclusion of the lesson, students will have made a water cycle bracelet that describes their “Incredible Journey” as a water molecule. The objectives covered in the lesson include: the movement of water within the water cycle; the different states of water as it moves through the water cycle; the location of most of the water on Earth; and the concepts of evaporation and condensation. As a language arts extension activity, teachers have the option of having students write a story about the water molecule’s journey.
