Water Is Life

In this activity, students will learn about the importance of water to wildlife.

By completing this lesson, your students will be able to:

  • Obtain and evaluate information from a nonfiction text about the importance of water and riparian areas.
  • List at least 3 ways that wildlife use water.
  • Identify adaptations that some animals have to conserve water.

More About this Lesson Plan

Wild Kids is a collection of simple activities that can be used to introduce students to different wildlife and life science concepts. Each activity includes a two page printable student worksheet and a page of teacher instructions. They have been aligned to the Arizona academic science standards and can be used to promote three dimensional teaching.

In this activity, students read a passage about the importance of water to wildlife. Then, they will use their reading comprehension skills to answer some questions and decipher a hidden word.

Authors

  • Eric Proctor, Wildlife Education Coordinator,
    Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD)
  • Other AZGFD staff

Standards Correlation

This lesson has been correlated to the following Arizona Department of Education academic standards:

  • 2nd Grade
    Science

    1. 2.L2U1.9

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