The Bank Street School for Children is a private, progressive school in NYC serving children ages 3-14. In the 6th grade, students study water contamination in Science class, human rights in Social Studies, and read “A Long Walk to Water” in English class. As part of an integrated, cross-curricular unit of study, the students wish […]
A group of 56 7th Graders from Carver High School in Philadelphia engaged in inquiry-learning extending their thinking beyond the four walls of the classroom. Within the context of Social Studies and English standards students chose one H2O for Life project to investigate. After the investigation, each student developed a clear persuasive argument to encourage […]
To end the school year, 6th grade Reading classes read “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda S. Park and learned about global water scarcity. The students put what they have learned into action by sponsoring the Sabane Primary School water project. Over 200 Varsity Lakes Middle School 6th graders completed a Walk-4-Water on May […]
“It doesn’t hurt to have ice cream for sale when it’s 84 degrees and sunny, but a lot of kids were simply walking laps to earn money for this years H2O project. We had over 30 water walkers, and sold more than 160 ice cream cones. You can see by the smiles on the kids […]
This report was provided by our implementing partner, GRAVIS Water, Health & Sanitation for School Children The Thar Desert of India is an under-developed and poverty impacted area of Rajasthan State in India. The region suffers severely at the hands of frequent droughts due to extremely scanty and unpredictable rainfall. Many times in lack of […]