PDF Lesson Plans / Activities
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Out of This World Lesson Plan PDF Download$0.00NASA has announced that September 2017 to September 2018 is A Year of Education on Station for the International Space Station (ISS). The Out of This World Lesson Plan is a compilation of Project WET activities that can be used to teach about water and relate the lessons to the ISS. Learn More -
Invaders! Activity PDF Download$2.95Students learn what aquatic invasive species are and participate in a full-body movement game that simulates competition for habitat and resources. Learn More -
Dirt to Dinner Activity PDF Download$0.00This activity gets students up and moving in a tag game format to learn about how water moves into, through and out of soil. Students use whole-body movement to model water, with soil, ground water, atmosphere and plants interactions. Learn More -
The Breathing Boreal Forest Activity PDF Download$0.00In this activity students play the role of coniferous trees. First they learn about seasonal freeze/thaw cycles and dormancy through a game of tag. Students then juggle complex environmental factors to try to survive a growing season in a changing climate. Connections between freeze/thaw cycles, photosynthesis and the global carbon cycle are explored. Learn More -
"Zero In On No Waste" Activity, PDF DOWNLOAD$2.95By reusing, recycling, reducing, composting and rethinking long-standing solid waste management practices, individuals, businesses, agencies and others can take action to move toward zero. With this interactive exercise, students discover alternative ways to manage waste. Learn More -
"Water Match" Activity, PDF DOWNLOAD$2.95Students match up pairs of water picture cards and, in the process, learn to distinguish water in the three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. Learn More -
"Water Log" Activity, PDF DOWNLOAD$2.95Students use a water log (journal or portfolio) to write or illustrate their observations, feelings and actions related to water. The log serves as an assessment tool to monitor changes over time related to knowledge of and attitudes toward water. Maintaining journals can keep students "afloat" while participating in Project WET activities. Learn More -
"Water in Motion" Activity, PDF DOWNLOAD$2.95Students create artwork to gain an appreciation of the movement and sound of water in their environment. Learn More -
"Water Concentration" Activity, PDF DOWNLOAD$2.95Through the familiar game of Concentration, students make connections between modem and past water use practices and discuss how attitudes toward water have changed as water use practices have evolved. Learn More -
"Water Bill of Rights" Activity, PDF DOWNLOAD$2.95Students speculate on their rights to sustainable water resources. Learn More