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Questions to Ask your Child
Home Learning
Suggested Home Extensions
Key Vocabulary
ke a difference for others.
asic need for clean drinking water?
Where does our water come from?
How do we know our water is clean?
What are some ways water is polluted?
What are some solutions to helping water sources stay clean?
Observe and discuss all the ways water is used at your home.
Observe and discuss the tidal changes in Phu My Hung’s river systems.
Discuss how your family gets access to clean drinking water when you are away from home.
Consider your water use by calculating your water footprint. Consider ways your family could reduce water
usage and water waste.
http://www.watercalculator.org/Research where your bottled water comes from and evaluate how ethical the company’s reputation is. Make
a change if you find something you don’t like!
Solution, mixture, filtration, evaporation, mass, volume, properties, microbes, potable, filter,
physical barrier filters, mixture, solution, solvent, dissolve, concentration, concentrated,
dilute, precipitate