Students will immerse themselves in the experience of living without surface water by conducting interviews with peers, teachers, and family members to gather diverse insights and personal stories about the anticipated transformations in everyday life and environmental changes.

Students will articulate their understanding of the essential question by crafting a concise statement that highlights the transformative impact and importance of conserving surface water, setting a clear focus and purpose for their upcoming video project.

Students will brainstorm and collaborate with classmates and local environmental advocates to generate concepts for their informational video that address the absence of surface water, inspired by their empathy findings, ensuring community perspectives and real-world impacts are meaningfully integrated.

Students will create initial script drafts and storyboards for their short informational videos, drawing from observations during the Waterless Challenge to outline persuasive and impactful narratives.

Students will showcase their draft video projects to peers and gather feedback, emphasizing the impact of surface water absence on life and environment, while testing the engagement and emotional effectiveness of their narratives.

Students will engage in peer-to-peer critique sessions where they provide and receive constructive feedback on their video drafts, focusing on clarity, persuasive elements, and accurate representation of a future without surface water, refining their final product and deepening their understanding of the project's essential question.

Students will observe and reflect on how their predictions and actions during the Waterless Challenge impacted their perceptions and understanding of the consequences of living without surface water, preparing to articulate these insights in their final video project.