Student Worksheet 4
Water costs about one penny per gallon, on average, in New Jersey. That’s a real deal for something so important.
Still, those cents add up. Conserving water can help your family save.
Where does New Jersey’s water come from?
What is water conservation? Now you can tap
into the knowledge and enthusiasm of New
Jersey American Water’s experts to find out!
Just invite a water scientist into your classroom
to help your students unravel these mysteries.
Each visit will be tailored to your specific
curriculum needs with workshops like these:
Calculate how much water you use—and how much you can save.
1. How much water do you use in the shower?
If you already used the Every Drop Counts Student Worksheet to calculate this amount, record it here:
The Puddles Experience
Is New Jersey running out of water? Find out and
learn what kids can do to help conserve.
Reserve New Jersey American Water’s traveling
van, Puddles, for outdoor science or sports events.
Where’s the Water?
Water Works
Look at maps to find the local rivers, lakes,
reservoirs, or aquifers that provide your drinking
water. Where are they? How much water is in
them? How are they cleaned?
Use the Jerseyscape, a model water system,
to see how the water cycle works and how
water is pumped, cleaned, and transported
across New Jersey.
Contact New Jersey American Water to plan an exciting (FREE!) classroom visit today!
Call us at (856) 782-2391 or email us at [email protected] for more information.
We care about water. It’s what we do.®
SWEEPSTAKES!
Is your class committed to saving water?
Go to www.scholastic.com/njaw to tell us why for a chance
to win prizes for your school! Entries due 12/10/12.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED. Water Works Sweepstakes (the “Sweepstakes”) is open only to
adults aged 18 or older upon entry, who as of the time of entry reside in New Jersey American Water service areas (listed at www.scholastic.com/njaw). Sweepstakes ends 12/10/12.
Entrants must write a one-sentence answer to the question “Why is water conservation important to you?” Prizes: Ten (10) randomly selected winners will receive (i) a Rain Collection Barrel
to be installed in a local school of the winner’s choice in one of the Service Areas (a “School,” contingent upon school approval), (ii) a prize package, which includes an educational
presentation by a water engineer or scientist about the importance of water conservation at the School, and (iii) $50 classroom library of science books. Approximate retail value (“ARV”):
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Photos: composite image: background, © Photodisc/Getty Images; students and teacher, courtesy of New Jersey American Water.
If not, you can estimate how much water you use. A typical shower uses 2.5 gallons of water per minute.
Estimate how long your usual showers last. Then calculate how many gallons of water you use per shower:
Water Conservation
Mysteries
2. How much water do you use in the shower every week? (Hint: How many times do you shower per week?)
3. How much water do you use in the shower every year? (Hint: There are 52 weeks in one year.)
4. Calculate the cost of a year’s worth of showers. (Hint: Water costs about 1 cent per gallon.)
5. Now imagine that you shorten every shower by two minutes.
Calculate how much water and money you would save in one year.
Calculate how much money your family would save in one year.
Calculate how much money your class would save in one year.
New for 2012–2013
Water Works
Welcome Teachers,
Come on in, the water’s fine! Last year, the Water Works program
helped students learn how pressure and pumps move water
throughout New Jersey. This year, new Water Works activities focus
on the importance of water conservation!
Hands-on STEM activities about water conservation in New Jersey
On the following pages you’ll find hands-on experiments
and activities in which students will:
Investigate the effects of time on pipes
Find out how public water systems work
Build a model aquifer
Photo: background, © Martin Barraud/Media Bakery. Illustration by Danesh Mohiuddin.
Invite a water engineer or scientist
into your classroom for an exciting
hands-on experience!
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Wasted water adds up fast. A leaky faucet that drips five times per minute wastes almost
22 gallons per month. Letting the faucet run while you brush your teeth can waste more
than 200 gallons every month! When it comes to saving water, every drop counts.
Photo: © iStockphoto.
Water Sense and Cents
Poster and Teaching Guide
Inside you’ll find:
Science and math
lessons for grades 3–8
Student worksheets
Experiments
Chance to win prizes
for your school
These materials meet New
Jersey Core Curriculum Content
Standards for grades 3–8.
Sponsored by:
Created by Scholastic with the support of New Jersey American Water, the STEM lessons
and worksheets within this program meet a variety of New Jersey Core Curriculum Content
Standards. We hope they provide a useful and exciting supplement to your existing lesson plans.
Don’t forget: All of these lessons—as well as last year’s Water Works lessons—can be found
online at www.scholastic.com/njaw. Have fun!
The lessons within this program meet the following New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards.
Standard/Strand
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Gr. 3–4: Fundamental scientific concepts and principles and the links between
them are more useful than discrete facts.
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Gr. 3–4: Outcomes of investigations are used to build and refine questions,
models, and explanations.
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x
Gr. 5–8: Results of observation and measurement can be used to build
conceptual-based models and to search for core explanations.
x
x
x
Gr. 3–4: Tools and technology are used to gather, analyze, and communicate
results.
x
x
x
Gr. 5–8: Mathematics and technology are used to gather, analyze, and
communicate results.
x
Physical Science:
Properties of Matter
Gr. 3–4: Some objects are composed of a single substance; others are composed
of more than one substance.
x
Earth Systems Science:
Properties of
Earth Materials
Gr. 3–4: Earth materials in nature include rocks, minerals, soils, water, and the gases
of the atmosphere. Attributes of rocks and minerals assist in their identification.
x
Gr. 3–4: Most of Earth’s surface is covered by water. Water circulates through the
crust, oceans, and atmosphere in what is known as the water cycle.
x
Gr. 5–6: Personal activities impact the local and global environment.
x
Science Practices:
Understand Scientific
Explanations
Science Practices:
Generate Scientific
Evidence Through
Active Investigations
Want more?
Visit www.scholastic.com/njaw
for these and other STEM lessons
about how water takes a journey from
rivers and aquifers into your home!
Earth Systems Science:
Biogeochemical Cycles
Content Statement
Gr. 5–8: Investigations of environmental issues address underlying scientific
causes and may inform possible solutions.
Source: State of New Jersey Department of Education, http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/
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Photo: © 2A Images/Getty Images.
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