Title: Clean Watersheds Subject/Course: Environmental ScienceTopic: Water Quality Grades: 11-12 Designers: Thomas Cooper
Stage 1 - Desired Results
Established Goals:
This project meets the following National Science in Education Standards
Content Standard A (Scientific Inquiry)
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Identify questions and concepts that guide scientific investigations.
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Design and conduct scientific investigations.
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Use technology and mathematics to improve inquiry and communication.
Content Standard F (Science in personal and social perspectives)
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Environmental quality
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Natural and human-induced hazards
Understandings:
Students will understand that...
Humans need to use natural resources tosurvive.
Exploration, extraction, production, use anddisposal of resources cause environmentaldegradation.
Technology can be used to monitor waterquality.
Current production methods waste water.
Awareness of our effects on environmentalhealth can lead to changes in production.
Water may not necessarily be divided evenlybetween human consumption, production, andecosystems.
Essential Questions:
What natural resources does our society use?
Why do we have environmental problems?
How do we use technology to explore, extract,produce, use and dispose of resources?
Why is water needed to produce the materialgoods we need?
Could we use less water?
How does the health of our local environmentaffect others?
Is water more important for humans or for theenvironment?Students will know/be able to...
Use a GIS database, such as Google Earth, to research the location of various production facilities andtheir proximity to water sources.
Collect water samples from a local watershed.
Use of GPS technology to record geographical data points where samples are collected.
Use an online form to record and share water quality data with peers.
Use spreadsheet technology to analyze watershed data.
Use a wiki site to share results with others.
Compare and contrast your results with other collection sites to determine patterns.
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