Bodies of water all over the world provide many benefits to human beings. Water is used for so many industries such as transportation, entertainment, trade, and more. For this activity, students will create a 3 cell storyboard that describes and illustrates how larger bodies of water, such as rivers and oceans, are important to people all over the world. Teachers can assign three impacts or have students do some research and pick their own!
Here are some examples of how bodies of water are important to people:
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Objective: Create a 3 cell storyboard that describes and illustrates the different benefits of waterways.
Student Instructions:
Begin the lecture with the help of an interesting opening for instance what’s the one thing we can not live without? Or What is the human body made up of? These general questions can lead to a specific discussion regarding the importance and significance of water. Teachers can also begin with a riddle or an interesting fact.
Make a connection between the value of water and what people do every day. Mention how people require water to cook, drink, and even play sports as examples. Ask the students what activities they perform with the help of water every day and the importance of water in their lives.
Talk about how water affects the environment and how it sustains various ecosystems and fauna. Students can reflect on the relationship between water and life. This can be for all humans, animals, plants, and many other forms of life such as microorganisms.
Get the students involved in a practical water-related activity. A straightforward water cycle experiment or a discussion of water-saving techniques might be used. Students can also play guessing games regarding different water bodies and participate in different posters and sketch competitions to spread awareness regarding the importance of water in the environment.
Teachers can discuss ongoing issues regarding the environment, climate change, and decreasing availability of fresh water around the world. Encourage the students to take appropriate measures on an individual level as well as spread awareness about the greater issues.
Water helps a variety of habitats. Water bodies offer homes for aquatic life, assist the growth of plants, and help control the climate by regulating temperature. Bodies of water are also essential for maintaining the climate and assisting a standard environment for the nourishment of life.
Water sources are vital for irrigation, which provides the water needed for crops to thrive. Additionally, they provide cattle with water. If not for water bodies, humans would not be able to enjoy such varieties of food as farming and other related activities would be too difficult or impossible.
People may save water, keep their surroundings clean, help their community's water conservation initiatives, and support them. Furthermore, students can make creative posters to spread awareness regarding this issue and play an important role in keeping the environment clean and safe.