Unit of Study -Texas Performance Standards Project:

The Ripple Effect: A Study of Water

Science/Social Studies Unit

Students will learn about the properties of water and issues surrounding the quality and quantity of water sources. Students will investigate a local water supply and discuss ways to conserve water and limit pollution. They will conduct a study of their own water usage in order to develop a solution for preserving the local water supply.

THINKING SKILLS

Students are working on thinking skills that promote active thinking from basic visual discrimination and grouping to the logical thinking patterns of inductive and deductive reasoning. These are visually oriented and require mental manipulation of varying degrees. Students not only will perform the cognitive processes of thinking, but they also will be guided back into their thoughts to discover their paths of reasoning.