Going for Water

Going for Water Lesson Plan Time Required: Three 45-minute sessions

Print version of "Going for Water": PDF • Word

Students will

compare the experience of hauling one's own water, as described in Robert Frost's poem "Going for Water," to the modern convenience of electric plumbing
predict the amount of water a student uses in a day and the amount of time it would take to haul that volume by hand
predict and then measure the weight in pounds of a variety of standard volumes
measure the time to the nearest minute that it takes each student to carry the water 50 yards
calculate the average (mean) amount of time needed to haul water 50 yards.

3.1.a; 3.1.g; 3.9.c; 3.9.d;
4.1.d; 4.8.a;
5.1.c; 5.1.d; 5.1.e; 5.1.f;
6.1.c; 6.1.i; 6.7

3.3; 3.8; 3.10; 3.14; 3.15; 3.16; 3.24;
4.6; 4.7; 4.8; 4.10; 4.11; 4.12;
5.3; 5.5; 5.6; 5.11.a; 5.11.b; 5.11.c; 5.12; 5.19;
6.4; 6.7; 6.10; 6.19

3.1; 3.2; 3.3; 3.4; 3.5;
4.1; 4.2; 4.3; 4.4;
5.1; 5.4; 5.5;
6.1; 6.2; 6.3; 6.4

VS.1.b; VS.1.d; VS.1.e; VS.1.h;
USI.1.b; USI.1.e;
USII.8

Study Guide for Robert Frost's "Going for Water" PDF • Word
Lab Sheet PDF • Word
containers, labeled with volumes: cup, pint, quart, half gallon, gallon, 5 gallons
bathroom scale
balance
30-gallon, water-filled trashcan
5 yardsticks
2 traffic cones