Focus Question
Why is water important to living things? Where does the water in habitats come from? Where does the water in habitats eventually go?

Activity Synopsis
Students will participate in an inquiry-based activity in which they use their senses to explore the properties of water, determine why living things need water to survive and determine how water can collect in habitats for living things to use. 

Time Frame
Three half-day sessions

Student Key Terms

• habitat
• water

Teacher Key Terms

• biodiversity
• cohesion
• groundwater
• hydrogen bonds
• polar molecules
• polarity
• stomata
• surface tension
• water cycle
• water vapor
• watersheds
• xylem