The Vegetarian Resource Group’s Research Director Jeanne Yacoubou produced lesson plans to teach children about water usage/waste that can be used in Kindergarten through High School classrooms.

The purpose of the K-2^nd grade lesson plan is to visualize for young children how much water is used to do everyday tasks and how much water is needed to grow common food items. To graphically illustrate for children how some human activities and how food production causes water pollution. To instill in children that water is a precious resource and should not be wasted. See: https://www.vrg.org/environment/K-2_lesson_plan_clean_water.php

The purposes of the 5-8^th grade lesson plan is:

• To calculate total daily water consumption and average daily water consumption including both direct and indirect uses.
• To compare and contrast students’ water use.
• To graphically represent data in tables and histograms.
• To correlate water use and dietary choices.

See: https://www.vrg.org/environment/5-8_lesson_plan_water_conservation.php

The purpose of the 9-12^th grade lesson plan is:

To evaluate surface water quality of samples collected from a recreational use area and those from areas used for farming or animal-based agriculture. Samples will be compared over the period of one day, one week, or one year, as time and resources permit. Possible parameters to be examined:

• pH
• temperature
• turbidity
• nitrate concentration
• phosphate concentration
• fecal contamination
• antibiotic contamination
• dissolved oxygen (DO)
• biological oxygen demand (BOD)

See: https://www.vrg.org/environment/9-12_lesson_plan_water.php

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