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So often we are caught up in our own world and don’t necessarily think about how our actions affect others and the environment.\u00a0One Well: The Story of Water on Earth<\/a>, <\/em>written by Rochelle Strauss and illustrated by Rosemary Woods, helps to introduce and remind students that resources are continuously recycling by documenting the stages of\u00a0the Earth’s water cycle.<\/p>\n In their book Strauss and Woods simplify the water cycle by suggesting that all water on earth comes from one well. This metaphor illustrates the process of water changing states in completing the water cycle. On each page different\u00a0consumers\u00a0of the water is\u00a0highlighted including plants, animals, people.<\/p>\n The amount of water on Earth doesn’t change–there’s no more water now than when the dinosaurs walked the Earth. The same water just keeps going through a cycle over and over again. This constant movement of water is called the water cycle.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n While each\u00a0page covers different background content necessary to understand how water is\u00a0recycled into the one well, the informational facts and\u00a0that are presented on the illustrated pages can help put into perspective the total amount of water used by various household tasks,\u00a0organisms, and countries.<\/p>\n In North American homes, the bathroom is where about three-quarters of all water is used. One flush of the toilet uses nearly 3.5 gallons.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n In one year, an area of rainforest the size of a football field pumps over 19,700 gallons of water vapor into the atmosphere–more than enough to fill a backyard swimming pool.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n China and India are home to over one-third of the world’s population, yet they only have access to one-tenth of the world’s freshwater.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Through this book students will understand how water is repeatedly reused due to the water cycle.\u00a0Additionally the concept of ‘one well’\u00a0and the various statistics about the use of water students will become more aware of the interdependence that extends across the Earth.<\/p>\n Curriculum Connections<\/strong> Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n Book:<\/strong> One Well: The Story of Water on Earth So often we are caught up in our own world and don’t necessarily think about how our actions affect others and the environment.\u00a0One Well: The Story of Water on Earth, written by Rochelle Strauss and illustrated by Rosemary Woods, helps … Continue reading \n
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\nThis book can be used for upper elementary grades to introduce\u00a0 the steps of the water cycle and reinforce the interdependence between all living things. In Virginia this correlates specifically to standards 3.9bcd which concentrates on the processes involved in the water cycle, the need of water for all living things, and that water conservation is necessary with the unchanging water supply.<\/p>\n\n
\n<\/a>Author:<\/strong> Rochelle Strauss<\/a>
\nIllustrator:<\/strong> Rosemary Woods
\nPublisher: <\/strong>Kids Can Press
\nPublication Date: <\/strong>2007
\nPages: <\/strong>32 pages
\nGrades:<\/strong> 3-5
\nISBN:<\/strong> 1553379543<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"