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Lesson Plan
Kenan Fellows

Designing a Water Treatment Plant

For Teachers 8th - 12th
How does dirty water get clean enough to drink? After viewing a PowerPoint that outlines the process water goes through at a water treatment plant, groups work together to design a chlorination chamber for a treatment plant.
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Worksheet
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Recycled Water: A Smart Way to Reuse Water

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
Learn about wastewater and recycled water with a science reading activity. After learners finish a two-page passage about conserving the water supply, they answer six comprehension questions about what they have read.
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PPT
Curated OER

What the Romans Did for Us.

For Teachers 4th - 6th
What things can we attribute to the ancient Romans? Check out each of these images to find out. There are 26 slides, each containing a single image of Roman legacy that can still be seen today. Architecture, art, libraries, cats, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bacteria in Drinking Water And Water Purification

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore how sewer systems can contribute to water pollution and perform an experiment to see how well a water purification technique can protect against water-born microbial illnesses. They compare the bacterial growth from...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

You Are What You Drink!

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore water treatment systems. In this water conservation ecology lesson, students identify and explain several processes used for water treatment and define related vocabulary after listening to content information given...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Water Pollution

For Students 7th - 10th
Examine water pollution and legislation through this reading comprehension worksheet, intended to correspond with a specific text but valuable even without it. Learners read 10 sentences, unscrambling the bold word to complete each (i.e....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Think Before You Drink

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore the different water issues facing society today. In this environmental science lesson plan, students research about water treatment methods. They brainstorm ways to conserve water.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify the different stages in the water cycle. In this environmental science lesson plan, students research about different water pollutants in watershed. They describe ways to purify water.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Clean Water -- Life Depends on It!

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students examine water quality, water pollution, and water treatment, and how they are all interrelated. In this unit on clean water, students complete 21 interdisciplinary activities on water quality, water pollution, and water treatment.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mock-Muck

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners purify water samples using various techniques. In this water treatment instructional activity, students complete a variety of activities to learn about the process. A data chart is included for recording results. A crossword...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Magic School Bus Wet All Over

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students observe the water cycle and experiment with cleaning water. In this hands-on hydrology instructional activity based on a Magic School Bus book, students conduct two experiments to see the how water moves through the water cycle...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sewage Matrix and Field Experience

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students visit a sewage treatment plant and use an exercise to identify the effects of given sewage components on humans and the environment when sewage treatment is bypassed or fails. They read the provided "sewage matrix" worksheet and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sewage Spill into Biscayne Bay

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students use a hypothetical case study to learn about environmental health issues associated with water, recreational water, and sewage. They use an inquiry-based learning module to generate questions, draft a research plan, and generate...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water and Sewage Critical reading

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students read three articles with different points of view on the water and sanitation issues in the Florida Keys. They identify the facts and opinions in each article and write a summary. In addition, they write an essay expressing...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Study of Your Domestic Water Supply

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create a diagram that traces the path of a raindrop from its source into the water supply for their house and back to the environment. They also diagram the processes that occur in a sewage treatment and water treatment plant.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a water filter according to given criteria. I this chemistry lesson, students evaluate the importance of water in their lives. They develop a book or brochure on the water treatment process.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Iona Wastewater Treatment Plant Field Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students go on a field trip to the Iona Wastewater Treatment Plant and learn about sewage, waste, and pollution. In this treatment plant lesson plan, students also complete collection samples of quadrats.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Water

For Students 7th - 8th
In this water worksheet, students read an excerpt about the effects of pollution on the life cycle of a lake. Then they describe how lakes are affected by the pollution. Students also define why pollution has become such a problem for...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Domestic Water Supply Case Study

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students follow the cycle of a raindrop from its source into the water supply for their houses and then back to the environment. They draw and, properly label and explain a diagram of a water treatment plant and a sewage treatment plant.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Environment: Methane Sources

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover how human activity is increasing the release of methane gas into the atmosphere. Woring in groups, they visit the Eduzone Website and complete worksheets. Students identify the natural and human causes of methane gas.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pollution Solutions

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars participate in a hands-on activity to determine how water is polluted and investigate steps in how to treat water. Students try to produce the cleanest water possible using the materials provided.
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Your Cool Basics on Water Shortage

For Students 4th - 8th
Despite seventy percent of the world's surface being covered with water, there is a potential shortage of this natural resource. Only a small percentage is fresh water and much of that is inaccessible or threatened. Learn about fresh...
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Website
Other

Extox Net Fa Qs: Water Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses many options of water treatment, the contaminants that the treatments are focused on, how the treatment works, and common treatment systems.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Understanding Your Water: From Source to Tap and Back Again

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson students will learn about water treatment and what happens to water when it goes down a toilet and drains into sewers. Through further investigation students will understand the relationship between water treatment and...