California’s Complex Water System: Read-along ebook

California’s Complex Water System: Read-along ebook
Author: Pamela Brunskill
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-11-11
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1425832644

Where does California’s water come from? How is it used? Why is it important to conserve water? This text teaches students the answers to these important questions, and uses primary sources to simplify this complex topic and make it interesting to students. This nonfiction book builds students’ reading skills and social studies content knowledge. The intriguing primary source maps, letters, documents, and images provide authentic nonfiction reading materials and keep students interested in learning. Text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents. This book connects to California state studies standards and the NCSS/C3 Framework and features appropriately leveled text to meet the needs of students reading at different levels. Additional features include Read and Respond and a culminating activity that prompt students to dive deeper into the text for additional reading and learning.

California’s Complex Water System

California’s Complex Water System
Author: Pamela Brunskill
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-01-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1684525195

Where does California's water come from? Who are its users? How is water conserved? California has the largest economy and population in the United States, and its limited water supply must meet the demands of many people. Learn about the history of California's water system with this Interactiv-eBook that builds literacy and social studies content knowledge! Primary source documents help students look at the world and current issues with a historical lens, and encourage them to consider bias and the validity and reliability of sources. This leveled text offers instructional opportunities to guide students to increased fluency and comprehension of nonfiction text and is aligned to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) and other national and state standards. Essential text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents to increase understanding and build academic vocabulary. The Read and Respond activity immerses students in the content through diverse, engaging activities related to the content. The Your Turn! activity challenges students to connect to a primary source through a writing activity. Explore California's history with this Interactiv-eBook!

California's Complex Water System

California's Complex Water System
Author: Pamela Brunskill
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2017-09-27
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1425854974

Where does California’s water come from? How is it used? Why is it important to conserve water? This text teaches students the answers to these important questions, and uses primary sources to simplify this complex topic and make it interesting to students. This nonfiction book builds students’ reading skills and social studies content knowledge. The intriguing primary source maps, letters, documents, and images provide authentic nonfiction reading materials and keep students interested in learning. Text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents. This book connects to California state studies standards and the NCSS/C3 Framework and features appropriately leveled text to meet the needs of students reading at different levels. Additional features include Read and Respond and a culminating activity that prompt students to dive deeper into the text for additional reading and learning.

Introduction to Water in California

Introduction to Water in California
Author: David Carle
Publisher: California Natural History Guides
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Hydrology
ISBN: 9780520287907

"This thoroughly engaging, concise book tells the story of California's most precious resource, tracing the journey of water in the state from the atmosphere to the snowpack to our faucets and foods. Along the way, we learn much about California itself as the book describes its rivers, lakes, wetlands, dams, and aqueducts and discusses the role of water in agriculture, the environment, and politics. Essential reading in a state facing the future with an overextended water supply, this fascinating book shows that, for all Californians, every drop counts. New to this updated edition are additional maps, figures, and photos; expanded coverage of potential impacts to precipitation, snowpack, and water supply from climate change; updated information about the struggle for water management and potential solutions; new content about sustainable groundwater use and regulation, desalination, water recycling, stormwater capture, and current proposals for water storage and diversion; and an additional table summarizing water sources for 360 California cities and towns"--Provided by publisher.

El complejo sistema hidrico de California

El complejo sistema hidrico de California
Author: Pamela Brunskill
Publisher: Triangle Interactive, Inc.
Total Pages:
Release: 2022-01-21
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1684523656

Where does California's water come from? Who are its users? How is water conserved? California has the largest economy and population in the United States, and its limited water supply must meet the demands of many people. Learn about the history of California's water system with this Interactiv-eBook that builds literacy and social studies content knowledge! Primary source documents help students look at the world and current issues with a historical lens, and encourage them to consider bias and the validity and reliability of sources. This leveled text offers instructional opportunities to guide students to increased fluency and comprehension of nonfiction text and is aligned to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) and other national and state standards. Essential text features include a glossary, index, captions, sidebars, and table of contents to increase understanding and build academic vocabulary. The Read and Respond activity immerses students in the content through diverse, engaging activities related to the content. The Your Turn! activity challenges students to connect to a primary source through a writing activity. Explore California's history with this Interactiv-eBook!

PPIC Water Policy Center

PPIC Water Policy Center
Author: Public Policy Institute of California. Water Policy Center
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015
Genre: Drought management
ISBN:

Introduction to Water in California

Introduction to Water in California
Author: David Carle
Publisher:
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2009-02-20
Genre: Nature
ISBN:

In this densely populated state where it rains only six months out of the year, where does all the water come from? This concise book tells the story of California's most precious resource, tracing the journey of water in the state from the atmosphere to the snowpack to our faucets and foods. Along the way, we learn much about California itself as the book describes its rivers, lakes, wetlands, dams, and aqueducts and discusses the role of water in agriculture, the environment, and politics. Essential reading for a state facing the future with an already overextended water supply.--From publisher description.