Tarrant Regional Water District

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Pre-Show

IGNITE STUDENT CURIOSITY

Tarrant Regional Water District and NTC are thrilled to bring The Aqua League of Tarrant County to your school — a live, theatrical experience for students in grades K-5 . Through the power of performance, two talented actors blend education and entertainment to guide students through an exploration of water conservation. We’ve put together this toolkit to help support you in maximizing this experience for your students. It contains classroom and at-home resources for use before and after the performance. The Aqua League of Tarrant County is aligned with state and national standards and covers the following topics:

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Help Students Be Good Audience Members

Many students may not have experienced live theatre before, and learning to be a good audience member takes practice. We have prepared a video to assist your students in this learning. Share it with your class before the performance to get everyone ready for the show.

The actors will also open the show with a reminder about being good audience members to help reinforce these skills.

Activate Prior Knowledge

Get your students thinking about the topics covered in the performance through the Know, Wonder, Learned (KWL) chart linked here. This can be completed as a group or individually. Complete the Know and Wonder sections before the show, and the Learned section afterwards.

Get a ready-to-use KWL chart designed for whole class instruction—perfect for projecting, presenting, or printing for group use.

Grab a student-friendly KWL chart—ideal for independent work, small groups, or personal reflection.

Vocabulary Words and Definitions

Before the show, help your students get familiar with key vocabulary related to water conservation. You can integrate them into lesson plans or review them together as a class.

Vocabulary

Waste – To use too much of something when there is a limited amount.

Evaporation – The process of liquid water turning into water vapor.

Reservoir – a lake used to store water.

Condensation – The process of water vapor turning into liquid water.

Conserve – To use water and other natural resources carefully.

Pollution – Things that contaminate or dirty our environment.

Precipitation – Rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls to the ground.

Native Plants – Plants that grow naturally in a particular area or ecosystem.

Water Cycle – The path that water follows as it moves around the earth.

It's Showtime!

Now that your students’ curiosity has been ignited, enjoy and participate in the show!

If you couldn’t catch our live performance or simply want to relive the magic, you’re in luck! You can now watch the recording of the entire performance at your convenience. Click the link below to experience the excitement again:

POST-show

EXTEND STUDENT LEARNING

The show may be over, but the learning doesn’t have to stop. Use the resources below to help deepen your students’ understanding of water conservation.

And don’t forget to complete a program evaluation at HeyTeachers.org! It helps NTC continue creating great programs, and you will be entered in a drawing for a chance to win $250 for your classroom.

Summarize Key Concepts

Spark classroom conversation about water conservation, give students a chance to reflect on the performance and encourage critical thinking.

Using the Know, Wonder, Learned (KWL) chart, complete the final section: Learned. As a group or individually, students can summarize their key takeaways from the performance.

Lesson Plans

Continue to bring water conservation to life through the following arts-integrated and hands-on lesson plans.

This lesson integrates basic acting tools (body, voice, and imagination) for students to act out vocabulary words. By using movement to embody the meaning of each word, students are more likely to retain its meaning and concept. It is a fun way to differentiate instruction to help students learn and remember the meaning of words.

This format is particularly powerful because students have to use vocabulary words from two different angles — as the confused “asker” who doesn’t fully understand, and as the knowledgeable “expert” who does. That dual perspective requires a deeper grasp of word meaning than a one-directional task. It works well with any topic.

In this lesson, students will use a combination of research, class discussion and the Importance of Ecosystems Worksheet (included) to explain what an ecosystem is, understand the definition of an animal species and describe how different ecosystems depend on each other.

In this lesson, students will research the parts of the Water Cycle and conduct an in-classroom experiment to explain the stages of the water cycle, understand how water is reused and recycled through Earth’s systems and observe and record evidence of the water cycle.

Encore

Engage Independent Learning

Keep the learning going with digital games, printable activities and take-home materials your students can explore on their own. Sending resources home helps reinforce the message beyond the classroom and keeps the conversation growing with families.

Games and Activites

Your students get their own toolkit too — packed with fun games and activities that reinforce what they learned. Share the link below with your class!

Digital Booklet

The activities and puzzles in this booklet review key concepts from the show and can help extend student learning at home and in the classroom.

Bring the Learning Home

Send these take-home resources with your students to spark conversations with their families and reinforce the message beyond the classroom.

Additional Resources

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