| Miki Tomita's 6th grade science class at the Education Laboratory School (formerly University Laboratory School), managed by the Curriculum Research & Development Group of the University of Hawaii, had been studying the water cycle. Students had explored the key concepts of Hawaiian hydrology, studied the stages of the water cycle, and developed related vocabulary, learning about condensation, percolation, evaporation, and precipitation. As a final activity, students were given "essential questions" about the water in their immediate environment, the school campus, and asked to respond with pictures and words. Below are some of the students' results from this image-to-word workshop. |
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Essential Question: How does a living organism (or organisms) use water?
Click here to see Group One's images and words. Group One is Zoe, BJ, Jenna, Patrick, and Thomas |
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Essential Question: How does water get polluted?
Click here to see Group Two's images and words. Group Two is Shyanne, Brennan, Zachary, and Philip |
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Essential Question: Show phases of the water cycle.
Click here to see Group Three's images and words. Group Three is Kamana, Casey, Leann, Jackie, and Lauren |
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Essential Question: Use pictures to trace the flow of drinking water from city pipe to drinking faucet in school.
Click here to see Group Four's images and words. Group Four is Scotty, JayJay, Mathew, Sarah, and Alex |
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Essential Question: Use pictures to show uses of water (other than for drinking).
Click here to see Group Five's images and words. Group Five is Taryn, Scott, Ryan, and Kyle |
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Essential Question: Use pictures to show how water travels.
Click here to see Group Six's images and words. Group Six is Alika, Erika, Mahal, Brittni, and Courtnee |
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