This page features inquiry-based lessons that engage students in exploring real-world issues related to lead prevention and safe drinking water. Designed to be completed within a single class period or a short sequence of lessons, each experience guides students through asking focused questions, examining evidence, and drawing clear conclusions. These lessons spark curiosity, strengthen critical thinking, and help students connect classroom learning to the health and safety of their communities.
Diving Into Water Quality
This lesson plan contains age-appropriate classroom activities aligned to North Carolina standards in ELA, Science, Mathematics, and Social Studies to engage students in a cross curricular understanding of the societal impacts of clean water as it applies to human health. Each link below goes to a preview template for teachers. Once you are in the file, click on “USE TEMPLATE” in the top right corner to create a copy for use from your Google Drive