Unit 14: Water

TB 42-45
 SEE-THINK-WONDER

1. What do you see,

observe or notice?
2. What do you think
is going on in this
image?
3. What does it
make you
wonder?
Water is essential to all living things.
Why do we drink water?
-to quench our thirst.
-our body systems need water to
function properly.
Because over 70% of
our body weight is
water, every part of
our body needs water
to stay healthy and to
function correctly.
Perspiration helps regulate
our body temperature.
Perspiration means the
process of sweating.

It is important to drink about

8 glasses of water everyday
to replace the fluids that our
body has lost throughout the
day.
Examples of
uses of
water.

Can you think

of more?
 BTB
CARES
 It is
important
that the
water that
we use or
drink is clean
water. It
means the
water is free
of germs and
chemicals Disease causing germs and chemicals can find their
and must be way into the water supplies. When this happens,
clear. the water becomes polluted or contaminated.
People can become very sick if they drink or come
Why is this in contact with contaminated water.
so?
About 71% of the Earth’s
surface is covered with
water, and the ocean holds
most of the Earth’s water.
When water falls to the Earth, where does it go?

3. SOIL and
1. OCEAN 2. PLANTS
ROCKS
and other bodies
to become ground
of water like lakes to grow
water
and rivers.
Water from rivers, lakes and other The clean water then goes to
sources are collected, treated and underground water pipes leading to our
filtered in water facilities. homes.
 Research Activity:

“WHY DO WE NEED TO DRINK WATER?”

On your science notebook, make a list of

benefits of drinking water.

You may use the internet to research.

(No need to submit. This will be used for

discussion next time.)