How do you prevent the spread of water-borne illness in large public swimming areas? Scholars discover the challenges to identifying safe water through an inquiry experiment. They then produce posters sharing their understanding of water quality.

Concepts

water, water pollution, water quality, water safety, water testing, water treatment

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Compare the requirements for swimming water in various countries
• Provide a pool water testing kit for extending the lesson

Classroom Considerations

• Requires each pupil to bring in a sample of water to test 

Pros

• Includes links to water quality standards in the teacher guide
• Hands-on experiments encourage understanding 

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.3 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.3 RST.11-12.4