Grade 5 Worksheet
Where Wardlow Valley Keeps Its Water: A Grade 5 Worksheet
Students graph Earth's salt and fresh water using a 100-cup model, then read a table of Wardlow Valley's reservoir, aquifer, and creek to compare stored water.
NGSS · Grade 5
5-ESS2-2 Graph amounts of salt water and fresh water on Earth
Describe and graph the amounts of salt water and fresh water in various reservoirs to provide evidence about the distribution of water on Earth.
Assessment boundary: Assessment is limited to oceans, lakes, rivers, glaciers, ground water, and polar ice caps, and does not include the atmosphere.
Why water teaches this standard well
This is the strongest science-meets-math water standard in elementary school: students graph why about 97 percent of Earth's water is salty ocean and less than 1 percent is accessible fresh water. That single graph explains in one lesson why treatment plants, conservation, and careful water management matter.
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Silver Creek Reservoir: Earth's Systems and Water Distribution Quiz
A grade 5 science quiz on how the hydrosphere interacts with Earth's other systems at a reservoir, plus a counters model of ocean, ice, and fresh water.